Gerson, Johannes.

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      Georg Stuchs, Nuremberg 1489 Sm. Folio. 3 volumes. ff.(52),240;290;399. Lacking only the final blank in Volume 3. Double column text. ff.(52) index bound at the beginning of Volume 1. Illustrated with 4 full-page woodcuts of a pilgrim and his dog, repeated twice in Volume 1, and once in Volumes 2 & 3. This famous cut is attributed to Durer during his apprenticeship. Volumes 1 & 2 uniformly bound in 18th century half vellum over mottled boards. Volume 3 in limp vellum (spine neatly repaired). Some occasional light soiling, but overall a very good set, each volume housed in a cloth slipcase with morocco spine labels. The collected works of the great French scholar Gerson (d. 1429). Of this edition Goff (and supplement) records only 2 complete sets of all 3 volumes. Goff G188; HC 7623*. Hind A HISTORY OF WOODCUT II, p. 380. Hollstein, DURER p. 240. Not in the British Library.