hebbe_n_ Ouergheset in goeder versta_n_delre
duytscer sprake. [Rest of page occupied by two woodcuts.] _Fol. 1^b_:
[H]Ier beghint die tafele va_n_ desen boecke dat ghehieten is dat va
(_sic_) vader boeck. _Fol. 4^b_: Hier eyndet die tafef (_sic_) van den
boecke..... _Fol. 5^a_: [Woodcut of the Annunciation, which is repeated
on the verso of the leaf.] _Fol. 6^a_: Hier beghinnet dat eerste deel
va_n_ desen boecke dat ghenoemet is Vitaspatrum in latijne. _Fol.
165^b_, COLOPHON: Hier eyndet dat derde deel va_n_ desen boecke van den
wo_n_derlijke wercken en_de_ goede exempele_n_ en_de_ goede leri_n_ghen
der heigher (_sic_) vadere_n_ so als die heylige leraer Jeronim_us_ vut
de_n_ griecke_n_ in den latine ghetoge_n_ heeft Ouergheset in goeder
v_er_standelre duytscer spraken om salicheit alre goeder kersten
me_n_scen. Ghedruct bi mi Peter va_n_ Os In de_n_ iare ons heren Mcccc
en_de_ xc. den eersten dach va_n_ den April. [PRINTER'S DEVICE,
(shields of Zwolle and of the printer combined).] _Fol. 166, blank._

Folio. Sign. A^4, a^8, b-z^6, A^4, B-D^6, 166 leaves, the last
blank, 6-165 numbered i-clx. 2 columns, 36 lines to the column,
gothic letter. Two- to six-line spaces left for capitals. The first
initial of the title is a ten-line ornamental woodcut D. The two
woodcuts on the title-page are printed from sections cut from the
blocks of the Latin Biblia Pauperum, that on the left (Descent of
the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost) from the central panel of
sign. p., that on the right (Jacob's dream), from the right-hand
panel of the sign. t. Other sections of these blocks were used in
like manner in other books of van Os. In place of blank fol. 5 cut
away, is inserted a full page woodcut of the Annunciation, printed
on both sides of the leaf, on paper unlike any other used in the
book. Campbell 938. Proctor 9135.

Prologue initial on fol. 6^a supplied in blue with pen ornamentation in
red. Chapter initials and paragraph-marks in alternate red and blue.
Initial-strokes in red. Blank last leaf wanting.

Bound by Alfred Matthews in three-quarter levant morocco with blind
tooling, gilt edges. Leaf 10-1/2 x 8 in.

Peter van Os, of Breda, was actively engaged in printing at Zwolle from
1479 till the end of the century, except for the three years 1481-1484.

The English translation of the "Vitas Patrum," which was the closing
labor of Caxton's life, was printed i