Sacre theologie m[a]g[ist]ri ... fratris Roberti de Litio ordi[ni]s Minoru[m] p[ro]fessoris Opus q[ua]dragesi[m]ale p[er]utilissi[mu]m q[uo]d de pe[n]ite[n]tia d[i]ct[u]m est felicit[er] incipit.

Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia

[Cologne] : Dignus Agrippine ciuis Colhoff arte Iohannes clarum cudit opus caste faber ille minerue, [1473]

[580], [44] p. (the first [2] p. blank) ; 29 cm (fol.)

In 2 pts. (probably also sold separately), of which the 2nd (Sermo II in festo annuntiationis Beatae Virginis Mariae, Sermo de praedestinatio numero damnatorum, and Sermo de catenis) is also known in a variant setting.
Title from incipit (leaf a3 signed a1).
Imprint from colophon in verse (leaf 2e10r), which gives date in Latin words: Mille quadri[n]genti dum sextuagintaq[ue] trini ...
Signatures: a-h¹⁰, I¹⁰, k-o¹⁰, pq¹⁰, r-z¹⁰, [et]¹⁰, [con]¹⁰, 2a-2e¹⁰ (a3, a4, a5 respectively signed a1, a2, a3) ; [2nd]a-[2nd]b⁸, [2nd]c⁶.
Capital spaces.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-173
GW 6069
BM 15th cent., I, p. 217 (IB.3454)

Germany -- Cologne.

INC C159

Pt. 1 only. Leaf a1, blank, lacking; leaf a2 (unsigned), damaged with loss of text, has been repaired, and margins have been replaced. Larger initials provided in blue, the smaller ones in red throughout the book; 1st initial on leaf a3 (signed a1) in blue with red and brown penwork infill; underlining of titles, capital strokes and paragraph marks in red paint throughout; later ruling in magenta ink. Pencilled inscription on leaf a2 "Chas. Gregory London June 1906".