Kaiserberg, Geiler Von. (Also Keiserberg, Keyserberg)

Navicula Sive Speculu Fatuoru. Compendiosa Vitae Eiusdem Descriptio, Per Beatum Rhenanum Selestatinum. Ad Narragoniam.

      Ex Argen.iii. Jdus Februarii. Ann. M.D.X., Strasbourg 1510 - Small 4to. Unpaginated. Rebound in later (likely early 19th century) boards with a paper label on the spine. The binding is quite worn with scuffing to the boards although still quite sound. An ex-library copy with ink stamps on the end papers, title page, and a removed label from the spine. There is some worming at the gutter and mostly confined to the margins. A former owner has placed clear tape over these areas. There is damping to the lower right corner of the title page and following leaves, but the text itself is mostly clean. There is a handwritten inscription and the date of 1599 written at the top of the title page, and there are occasional marginal notes, apparently in the same hand, in the text of the work. The paper is good quality and generally clean. This work is a collection of sermons based upon Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools, which was first published in 1494. Brant's work was very popular. Johann Geiler (1445-1510) was born in Switzerland and died in Strasbourg. At the University of Basle he met Brant, and the two formed a lifelong friendship. Geiler's sermons, based on Brant's work, were directed more towards the common person. This book was published in February, 1510. Geiler died a month later in March. Photos available on request. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]