Maillard's Sermones

Maillard's Sermones
Jean de Vingle, 1498
MAILLARDUS, Olivierus (c.1430-1502). Sermones de adventu. Sermones dominicales. Quadragesimales. Lyons: Jean de Vingle, (I) 22 May 1498; (II) 12 July 1498; (III) 11 and 22 August 1498.

First edition of the sermons of the Franciscan maverick Olivier Maillard. Described as "one of the oddest, yet most learned divines that ever adorned the Gallican pulpit" (Jackson), the Breton Maillard was famous for the directness of his preaching style (and of his opposition to Louis XI). A second edition was published later in the same year, also by Vingle. C 3768; BMC VIII 314; Polain(B) 2567; Goff M-72; ISTC im00072000. See also Thomas Jackson, Curiosities of the Pulpit, and Pulpit Literature, p.55.

Three parts in one, chancery quarto (196 x 137mm). 326 leaves (of 328, without final blanks of parts II and III). Woodcut initials (first leaf strengthened, very faint edge dampstaining, small marginal repair, some sheets toned). 18th-century French red morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: some marginalia (faded, some trimmed).