1500-1512 POST-INCUNABULA 5 VOLUMES Jean Petit SERMONES Olivier MAILLARD antique

img{max-width:100%}Rare incunabula and post-incunabula editionsOlivier MaillardSERMONES Sequuntur quattuor sermones comunes per adventum et consequenter dominicales sermones Paris, Jehan Petit; 1500 - 15155 volumes Rare testimony on the slang language of the end of the Middle Ages. Size:  4 by 6"Lacks title page of 1st volumeOtherwise very good conditionText in Gothic characters on two columns Typographic mark of the Parisian printer Jean Petit on the titles 18th century brown calfskinspine with ornate bands, red title and volume numbers, blind fillet framing the covers, marbled edges. The first volume slightly larger than the others. Some old hand coloring.Provenance: From the library of Charles Henneguier (19th century stamp) Text in Latin==========================Olivier Maillard (1430- 1502), Franciscan friar, was one of the greatest Franciscan preachers of the late 15th century and confessor to King Charles VIII. He owes his reputation to the brutality of his sermons where he borr