Onus ecclesiae temporibus hisce deplorandis
Subtitle: Apocalypseos suis aeque conueniens, Turcarumq[ue] incursui iam grassanti accomodatum, non tam lectu quam contemplatu dignissimum: Iamprimu[m] authoris exactiore adhibita lima typis a mendosis expurgatum: & quam plurimis tum Euangelistarum locis tum aliorum Sanctorum scripturis mutuo no[n] pugnantibus, recens illustratu[m]
Contributors: Ebser, Johannes, Bishop of Chiemsee, attributed name; Breu, Jörg, approximately 1480-1537, engraver; Weissenhorn, Alexander, -1549, printer; Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: Alexander Vuyssenhorn]
Published: 1531
Place of publication: Augustae Vindelicorum? [i.e. Augsburg]]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Doctrines; Prophecies; Early works to 1800; Church; History of doctrines; Catholic Church
Other titles: Onus ecclesiae; Onvs ecclesiae
Work titles: Onus Ecclesiae
Notes: Imprint from VD16; date from colophon.

Colophon, Z4a: Opus compilatum est anno 1519. sed in lucem editum typisq[ue] excusum anno domini 1531.

Title within engraved pictorial border, attributed by Aitchison to Jörg Breu, Sr.

Full-page woodcut on t.p. verso.

Printed in two columns; woodcut initials.

Signatures: A-Y⁶, Z⁸; [A] unsigned, Z8b blank.

Includes index.

Errata on final leaf.

Another issue noted with t.p. lacking pictorial border; cf. VD 16 P2390.

Not to be confused with Cologne : Peter Quentel, 1531 edition; cf. Adams E-20.

Burke Library copy 1: Binding: Half leather and marbled paper over pasteboard; rebacked; all edges stained green.

Burke Library copy 1: Dealer descriptions inserted; not from Van Ess; cf. Gatch Van Ess catalog A-1390b.

Burke Library copy 2: Bound with: Theologica Germanica. Augustae Vindelicorum : Alexander Vuyssenhorn, M.D.XXXI.

Burke Library copy 2: No evidence of Van Ess provenance; cf. Gatch. Van Ess catalog, A-1390b.

Burke Library copy 2: Hand-colored armorial illustration on front pastedown, dated 1560.

Burke Library copy 2: Woodcut border on t.p. partially handcolored.

Burke Library copy 2: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; metal clasps, broken.

VD16 P 2931