BURCHARDUS Urspergensis (1177 or earlier-1231). Chronicon... a Nino rege Assyriorem magno: usque ad Fridericum II... . Edited by Joannes Foeniseca. Augsburg: Johannes Miller, 1515. 2 o (303 x 209 mm). Collation: A-Y 6 . 172 leaves. Roman type, double column, printed shoulder notes. Title woodcut of King Ninus and Frederick II within fine white-on-black woodcut border of putti, cornucopia and grotesques, a few geneaological diagrams, white-on-black woodcut initials in several sizes, printer's woodcut device on final page (Y6r). (Small repaired worm-track in lower margin of title-leaf.) Contemporary quarter blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, roll-tool border of interlacing ribbon, central panel with repeated large lozenge-shaped dragon tool and small rosette tools, semis of rosettes on spine, two brass catches, remains of leather clasps, small armorial shield with cock carved into both covers, edges with inked fore-edge title (restoration to joints, 2 other texts removed from binding, minor wear to extremities); previously bound with Diodorus Siculus and Fasciculus temporum (fore-edge tittes). Provenance : contemporary marginal note (Y3r); Franciscus Antonius Recordin Nein, the gift of his father Christophorus Recordin Nein, Harburg 1678 (inscription on title); Maximilian Mayr I.V.D. (17th-century[?] woodcut bookplate, partly hand-colored); Innichen (Tyrol), Franciscans (two inscriptions on title); 19th-century library inkstamp on title (illegible). First complete edition of the world chronicle by Burchard von Biberach, Praemonstratensian Abbot of Ursberg. A portion of the text had been printed in Augsburg in 1472 under the title Historia Friderici imperatoris (GW 5737). An edition by C. Hedio appeared in 1537, and a German translation in 1543. Muther (940) attributes the title woodcut to the Augsburg engraver Daniel Hopfer BM/STC German , p. 169.
BURCHARDUS Urspergensis (1177 or earlier-1231). Chronicon... a Nino rege Assyriorem magno: usque ad Fridericum II... . Edited by Joannes Foeniseca. Augsburg: Johannes Miller, 1515. 2 o (303 x 209 mm). Collation: A-Y 6 . 172 leaves. Roman type, double column, printed shoulder notes. Title woodcut of King Ninus and Frederick II within fine white-on-black woodcut border of putti, cornucopia and grotesques, a few geneaological diagrams, white-on-black woodcut initials in several sizes, printer's woodcut device on final page (Y6r). (Small repaired worm-track in lower margin of title-leaf.) Contemporary quarter blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, roll-tool border of interlacing ribbon, central panel with repeated large lozenge-shaped dragon tool and small rosette tools, semis of rosettes on spine, two brass catches, remains of leather clasps, small armorial shield with cock carved into both covers, edges with inked fore-edge title (restoration to joints, 2 other texts removed from binding, minor wear to extremities); previously bound with Diodorus Siculus and Fasciculus temporum (fore-edge tittes). Provenance : contemporary marginal note (Y3r); Franciscus Antonius Recordin Nein, the gift of his father Christophorus Recordin Nein, Harburg 1678 (inscription on title); Maximilian Mayr I.V.D. (17th-century[?] woodcut bookplate, partly hand-colored); Innichen (Tyrol), Franciscans (two inscriptions on title); 19th-century library inkstamp on title (illegible). First complete edition of the world chronicle by Burchard von Biberach, Praemonstratensian Abbot of Ursberg. A portion of the text had been printed in Augsburg in 1472 under the title Historia Friderici imperatoris (GW 5737). An edition by C. Hedio appeared in 1537, and a German translation in 1543. Muther (940) attributes the title woodcut to the Augsburg engraver Daniel Hopfer BM/STC German , p. 169.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
