MISSALE Vratislaviense. Cracow 1505; J. Haller.

MISSALE Vratislaviense. Cracow 1505; J. Haller.

[Cracouie impressum].... {print. Kasper Hochfeder} Impensis autem Johannis Haller et Sebastiani Hyber eiusdem ciuitatis ciues admodum bene meritos. Anno incarnationis dominice Millesimo quingentesimo quinto (1505). Decimo nono ante Kalendas Junii. (Cracow 1505. Kasper Hochfeder, Jan Haller). (32 x 24 cm), pp. [14], I-CXXX, [18 notes], [6], [1: figure of Christ], [1], CXXXI-CCCIX, binding board, sk. period. (repaired).
(Estr. T. 22). This is the oldest printed missal on Polish soil and one of the most important liturgical works of the early 16th century. Postinkunabul. Work on the Missal began at the behest of the coadjutor of the Diocese of Wroclaw, John V Thurzo (1464-1520), later Bishop of Wroclaw and a great patron of the arts and sciences. As early as 1502, the Breslau chapter contracted with Sebastian Hyber to print a new missal. The printer demanded a guarantee that for ten years no one else would have the right to print the Breslau Missal, and the church authorities would oblige the diocesan clergy to purchase it. The work was printed in Cracow by Kasper Hochfeder, edited by Jan Haller and Sebastian Hyber. Jan Haller (1467-1525), a printer and publisher, worked mainly for the Krakow Academy and the church. In 1505 he took over the printing presses from the famous German printer Kasper Hochfeder (d. 1517), whom he subsequently employed. The offered missal was, along with the "Statute of Laski," one of the first books printed by Hochfeder to come out in a printing house already operating under the name of Jan Haller. The printing was decorated with color. woodcut with gold elements, illustrating Christ crucified, in addition, the 15 pages included colorful initials laid in gold with elements of floral decoration in several cases. Duk in red and black. Twenty-two cards are missing (including on the front in the unnumbered part. card 1,2,8, and numbered card No. 1., then 18 cards with separate pagination with notes). Missing cards were replaced with copies on old paper. Several cards after conservation treatment with no. To the detriment of the text. Traces of dampstaining, staining and discoloration, in the case of several dozen pages lower margin with tears and Other. damage caused by dampstaining of paper. Pieces trimmed. Binding: board, period leather, repaired, front cover preserved with non. losses, and strong abrasions, embossed inscription in the upper part: "Missale ..."; spine of binding repaired from old leather, back cover preserved with no. Damage and strong abrasions, traces of staples, exchanged boards, page edges stained. Great rarity.