Michael (Bishop of Merseburg) Catechismus, das ist Christliche underweisung und gegründter bericht

Michael (Bishop of Merseburg) Catechismus, das ist Christliche underweisung und gegründter bericht nach warer Evangelischer und Catholischer lehr, collation: A4 2A-Z6 Aa-Yy6 Zz4 Aaa6, large woodcut illustrations in text (crucifixion on A4r near full-page, and that on 2C5 full-page), woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, title with repair to lower blank corner, first few ff. outer margin frayed /trimmed, affecting the odd printed side-note, small hole to lower margin of sig. B, full-page crucifixion with neat split within image (without loss) and trimmed at head and foot, just within image at foot and affecting headline, 2P1&3 small part of lower corner torn, affecting printed side-note on 2P1, a few ff. outer margin trimmed, some small marginal repairs, occasional minor worming, water-stained, foxed, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, spine in compartments, a few small pieces missing from vellum, spine ends and corners worn, little creased, soiled, folio (290 x 190mm.), Mainz, Franz Behem, 1561. *** Fourth edition of Michael Helding’s catechism (first published in 1551), which was seen as a counterpart to that of Luther's. Helding (1506-1561), Bishop of Merseburg, humanist scholar and writer.Literature: VD 16 H 1596.