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Very Good - Same-age binding in full reuse parchment, rebacked with parchment from an ancient antifonal. The frontispiece is woodcut, and the end has a woodcut of Achilles on horseback with a drawn sword. There are tears, stains, browning, and other signs of aging but the work is genuine. Pages: 495, [32], 1 woodcut at the end. (Ref: VD16 H 4663; Hoffmann 2,334; Not in Brunet, Graesse, Ebert & Moss)
Title with woodcut borders, depicting in the lower part the adoration of Christ by the three Magi; the text of the title is flanked by 2 pillars; on the upper part two winged putti that flank a coat of arms; on the shield of it a kind of thornbush (thorns - antlers?); above the shield are the three crowns of the arms of the city Cologne. The woodcut at the end of the Ilias depicts Saint George killing the dragon) Please see photos as part of condition report