St. James, Basilius Magnus, and Johannes Chrysostomos — Paris 1560

Liturgy – St. James, Basilius Magnus, and Johannes Chrysostomos

Λειτυργίαι τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων, Ἰακώβου τοῦ ἀποστόλου καὶ ἀδελφοθέου. Βασιλείου τοῦ μεγάλου. Ἰωάννου τοῦ χρυσοστόμου […] — Parisiis, M.D.LX. Apud Guil. Morelium, in Grecis typographum Regium.

Paris, G. Morel, 1560

Folio (273 x 197 mm). *2 A-P6: (2) ff., 179 pp. First four leaves with marginal waterstaining. 17th c mottled calf, corners worn, spine rubbed. – Adams L-842; BP16 114824.

¶ “A very fine book […] containing the magnificent liturgies of St. James, St. Basil, and St. Chrysostom, in Greek, … was printed by Morel of Paris, in 1560, in one color, from the Royal Greek types, the rubrics in these Greek liturgies being distinguished by a small Greek character justified into the lines of text …” (D. B. Updike, Some notes on liturgical printing, in: The Dolphin, no. 2, 1935, p. 218.)
“A beautiful folio […] The edition of Morel has hitherto furnished the only printed text of the liturgy of S. James.” (Ch. A. Swainson, The Greek Liturgies …, London 1884, p. vi)
This is the only book in folio printed by Morel. Type: Royal Greek type, 20 lines = 149 and 118 mm, i. e. Royal Double Pica/Gros-Paragon and Royal Greek Primer/Gros-Romain.