MÉLANCHTHON (Philippe). Postill über die Evangelia vom Advent biß auff Pfingsten [-von Pfingsten biß auffs Advent]. Nuremberg, Ulrich Neuber & Dietrich Gerlach, 1566. 2 volumes in an in-8 volume, cold-stamped saddle leather, portrait scroll, central rectangular plate depicting the Crucifixion on the first board - with the initials MSB and the date 1583 on either side - and the Resurrection on the second board, three-ribbed spine, red edges (German binding dated 1583). New edition of the German translation by Johannes Pollicarius, illustrated with some sixty woodcuts in the text. Interesting early Germanic binding. Pitting and worm work throughout, small lack affecting a letter on the title. VD16: ZV5557.