Sacramenta. - Ad omnes sacerdotes unice ad curatos de sacramento altaris mundo et transformato et de cruoribus atque votis. Mit Titelholzschnitt (Monstranz). [Lübeck, Steffen Arndes] 1493. Brauner Maroquinband d. frühen 20. Jhs. mit goldgepr. RTitel, Deckel mit blindgepr. Fileten mit goldgepr. Eckfleurons sowie Innenkantenverg. und GGoldschnitt. 4to. 40 röm. num. Bll. Got. Type. 28 Zeilen.

GW M39309. - Goff S 16. - BMC II, 560. - BSB D-65. - Schramm XI, 12. - Schreiber 5173. - Not in Hain. Proof of just a few copiers, only 1 copy in the U.S. of A (cf. ISTC). - Only edition of this rare guide to the holy sacrament for the use of priests. At the same time an extremely rare print by the printer Steffen Arndes from Hamburg. - A curiosity are the interspersed Italian text parts, among them the colophon, which is entirely in Italian. Cf. F. Weber: Ein Druckerscherz in einem Lübecker Frühdruck. In: Nordisk tidskrift for bok- och bibliotheksväsen 27, 1940, pp. 158-159. - Title slightly soiled and outer margin a bit short, else well-preserved copy with wide margins and few neat contemp. marginalia. Bookplate Saint Benedict's Abbey (Scotland).

Only edition of this rare guide to the holy sacrament for the use of priests. Not in Hain, only 1 copy in USA, no copies in France, Holland or Belgium. The text is in Latin, and the 6-line colophon in Italian, also some other passages. With woodcut on title showing a monstrance which first appeared in the same printer's edition of Jacobus de Voragine (1492). Early 20th cent. blind-ruled morocco with gilt corner florets, inside gilt border and gilt edges. - Title lightly soiled and outer margin a bit short, else well-preserved copy with wide margins and few neat contemp. marginalia. Bookplate Saint Benedict's Abbey (Scotland).