Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings

Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings

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Title: Incipit Ordo Missalis Secundum Consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie, 1502. Extraordinarily Rare and Scarce Illustrated Missal with Several Large Historiated Woodcut Initials, Recorded as a Lost Edition on USTC, and one of Fradin’s Earliest Solo Printings
Author: Catholic Church
Publisher: Lyon, per Francois Fradin
Condition: Very Good

An extremely scarce early 16th century edition of the Missale, according to the rites and customs of the Catholic Church. This is an undiscovered first edition of the Missale Romanum as printed by Francois Fradin, as the 1507 imprint was, until now, the presumed first edition as printed by him. This also represents one of his earliest imprints working as a solo printer, the first being his edition of de Aquila’s Sermons in 1501.

This edition has been printed throughout in a gothic script, in red and black, with printed rubrication. There are countless woodcut initials throughout, with several massive historiated initials, many being 9-line examples, and a full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion. There are also 42 leaves of musical notation and chants.

The fore-edge has also been gauffered beautifully, with criss-crossing gilt patterns.

Although the text begins with the Incipit and not a title page, it is difficult to confirm whether there was a title at all, since USTC records no collation of the volume.

USTC records this edition as a Lost Edition, with no copies recorded in any institution, nor even the collation.

One vellum bound volume in folio, LXXXVIII+(12)+LXXXIX-CXCVI+(6) leaves

This volume is in very good shape, with minor wear and old staining to the binding. There is some restoration to the first two leaves, especially to the lower right corner. There is light, scattered staining throughout, heaviest to the incipit leaf.