[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Missale ad verum cathedralis...

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Missale ad verum cathedralis ecclesie Traiectensis ritum: universis eiusdem dioceseos institutis ac novis festisque compositis facilimo indice annotatis. Antw., Henricus Petri Middelburgensis, 1540, 3 parts in 1 vol., (14),123,(15); (8),74; (14),62 lvs., printed in red and black throughout, title printed within woodcut borders, 28 woodcut ills., incl. 1 full-p. woodcut by LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (The Crucifixion), printer's mark at the end, scores, contemp. blindst. calf over wooden covers, w. brass clasps and catches, folio.

- First quire loose; folio I w. sm. tear in text; 2nd part: C3 and C4 w. inkstain in text; occas. fingersoiled and wormholed; first 2 leaves of the Canon printed on vellum (incl. the full-p. woodcut by Lucas van Leyden). One clasp broken; rebacked; spine-ends dam.

= Medieval manuscript vellum leaves (rubricated in red and blue and with two capitals w. scrolled decoration) used as pastedowns; Nijhoff-Kronenberg 1531 (19 copies extant); for the Lucas van Leyden woodcut see New Hollstein 205c: "impressions on parchment. Complete woodblock with (a) few small cracks in borderline". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.