Basel: Michael Wenssler & Jakob von Kilchen, 1488, vdm: 1422
Anno a partu virginis Millesimo || quadringētesimo octuagesimo octa||no.q̃rto idus Maij.finitum est hoc || opus preclarū et in urbe Basiliensi || feliciter elaboratū ingenio et impen⸗||sis spectabilium virorū Michaelis || Wenẜler et Jacobi de Kilchen urbis || prenominate civium.|| [printer’s mark]
two shields hanging on a branch, the right of which has two stars (printed in red below the colophon)
Basel
Liturgical book
It is unclear if those copies that are not yet inspected are version (a) or (b) or a third version. So far we have detected two variant editions: variant (a) with a woodcut in the preface relating to Basel (vdm 1422) and variant (b) without woodcut but a bookstamp relating to the monastery St Gallen (vdm 1567). The two version differ also in the colophon.
Fol. [1r-v]: Prefatio by the Bishop of Basel: "Informatorium sacerdotum de agendis […]".
Various types of elaborate red and black woodcut initials; a woodcut on fol. [1v] with the Bishop of Basel (ev. Caspar von Mühlhausen) coat of arms.
Latin; High German