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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (St., 354-430). Enchiridion de fide, spe et caritate . [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1467]. Collation: 1 6 2-7 8 8 6 (1/1-6 chapter headings, 2/1 text, 8/5v-6 blank). 59 (of 60, without final blank) leaves. 27 lines. Type: 1:96 (103)G. 6-line initial in blue with red penwork Maiblumen decoration opening the text, headings on 1r and 7r, chapter numbers, 1- to 3-line initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. HC *2028; GW 2903; BMC I, 181 (IA. 2735-7); Goff A-1265; VK 186. [ Bound with: ] St. AUGUSTINUS (attributed to). Sermo super orationem dominicam. -Expositio super symbolum. -De ebrietate . [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1470]. Collation: [1 10 ]. 9 (of 10, without first blank) leaves. 27 lines. Type: 1:96(99)G (text), 2:115(120)G (headings). 2- to 4-line initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red supplied on some leaves. H *1989; GW 2996; BMC I, 183 (IA. 2778); Goff A-1303; VK 207. [ Bound with: ] St. AUGUSTINUS. De vita christiana. -De singularitate clericorum . [Cologne]: Ulrich Zel, 1467. Collation: [1-7 8 ]. 52 (of 56, without blank 1/1, 3/5, 7/7,8) leaves. 27-28 lines. Type: 1:96G (text), 2:115 (headings). Three 4-line initials in red, red paragraph marks and capital strokes on first 3 and last 2 pages. HC *2094; GW 3038; BMC I, 179 (IA. 2713-5); Goff A-1355; VK 201. [ Bound with: ] Alphabetum divini amoris . [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1466-67]. Collation: [1-2 10 3 8 ]. 28 leaves. 31 lines. Type: 1:96G. 2/9r and 2/10v sideways across the page. 6-line initial in blue with red penwork decoration, 1- to 4-line initials, headings, chapter numbers, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. HC *7631; GW 1554; BMC I, 179 (IA. 2709); Goff A-524; VK 459. 4 works in one volume. Chancery half-sheet 4° (213 x 148mm). Contemporary Westphalian binding of calf over wooden boards, blindstamped with small tools of an eagle, rampant lion, fleur-de-lis, bird, crowned M, and maria and ihesus (not in Kyriss or Schunke Schwenke-Sammlung , remains of 2 brass fore-edge clasps, vellum front flyleaf with contemporary contents list, leather index tabs (rebacked in calf, endpapers renewed); large lozenge at centre of both covers particularly well preserved, presumably by a protective covering. Provenance : contemporary MS contents leaf; Ch-Ant. de La Serna Santander (no. 17 in his catalogue, sale Brussels, 7 November 1959). A contemporary Sammelband containing 4 works printed by Ulrich Zel, first printer at Cologne. FIRST EDITION of the devotional Alphabetum divini amoris , and SECOND EDITIONS of the remaing three tracts. The third work in the volume is a landmark in Zel's early production. It is dated, and therefore serves as a marker for dating other works, and its shows aesthetic considerations, rather than economic efficiency, in its printing. It has 27-28 lines per page, rather than Zel's previous 30-34 lines per page, and the first five leaves have been leaded, thereby heightening the effect of spaciousness.