(1514). POSTILLE MAJORES TOTIUS ANNI. Continentur in hoc vol - Lot 65

(1514). POSTILLE MAJORES TOTIUS ANNI. Continentur in hoc volume supra epistolarum evangeliorum tam dominicalium et ferialium expositions Nycolai de Lyra, Rabani, Guillermi lugdunen, Vincenti, Guillermus lugdunensis,... Lyon, (Simon Vincent?), April 21, 1514. In-4° gothic, [4]-236-[8] leaves, pale basane, ornate ribbed spine (17th century binding). A rare Lyon edition of the Postille by Nicolas de Lyre, a 14th-century Franciscan monk renowned for his commentaries on the Holy Scriptures, it was procured by Joannis Deverdellay and is unknown in the bibliographies consulted. The title is adorned with a fine engraving depicting the six days of Creation, and the text is illustrated with a large woodcut of the Crucifixion, numerous pictorial initials and countless small woodcuts showing the saints mentioned in the work. The last leaf bears the printer's mark identical to that of Simon Vincent, but with the initials P.V. Reinforced margins on title and first leaf with no missing text, several words missing at bottom of leaf 175.