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BOOKS: Rare, POSSEL, JOHANN, THE ELDER, (Posselius, Johannes), Translater, 1572, Greek epistles, ‘EYAFFEAIA KAI, Evangelia et epistolae, quae diebus dominicis et festis sanctorum in ecclesia . . . proponi solent. 62 text woodcuts of Gospel scenes, with illustration. 8vo, small calf bound folio, with gilt letterering ‘Posselivs’ to the spine, 15cm x 10cm x 2cm, Wittenberg: (Johannes Crato), 1572 Greek verse translation of the liturgical Gospels and Epistles. Johann Possel (1528-1591) was a German Hellenist who held the chair of Greek literature at the University of Rostock. Author of Greek grammatical works, and Religious epistles.