Imprint: [Colophon: Basiliae (Basel) apud Io. Bebelium], 1531 Binding:
Hardback
8vo. ff. [iv], 367, [i]. Greek text, other than the Latin preface by Oecolampadius. Four woodblocks to title representing the four Evangelists, woodcut historiated initials and headpieces opening each book (the largest reserved for Matthew). Large printer’s device to verso of final blank. One or two brief early marginal annotations. Slight soiling to title and occasional very light and unobtrusive waterstaining. Recent blind-stamped calf.
Second Bebel edition. Edited by Ceporinus and with a preface by Oecolampadius, a minister at Basel and a zealous promoter of the Protestant cause, who died of plague in December 1531 just a few months after this work was printed. A very scarce edition, and it is perhaps worth noting that copies of both first and second editions examined by Darlow and Moule were incomplete., Adams B-1651; Darlow & Moule 4605; Dibdin I, 115.