34 - Theology - History

Theology - History Richter, Martin Chronicon, or History Book: That is, a Description of All Bishops, Archbishops, Patriarchs, and Popes of the Roman Church: Also, of all the emperors of Rome, Constantinople, and Germany, as well as the kings of Italy and Gaul, together with other princes and peoples... up to the year 1556. With 4 woodcuts in the text. Frankfurt/M., J. Spies, 1598. 14 leaves, 495 pp. Contemporary parchment binding with overhanging edges (manuscript in black and red on parchment (Vulgate fragment)) (somewhat stained and scuffed, edges bumped, with small tears and creases). First edition of this rare work. - VD 16 R 2233 - Schottenloher 34176 - Not in the BL, listed by Adams et al. - (Stabi Berlin, “war loss”). - Edited by Georg Nigrinus with his annotations. - Woodcuts depicting the Creation, Adam and Eve, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. - Probably from the collection of Johann Michael Haas, with his signature on the endpaper and (his?) coat-of-arms ex-libris on the inside cover (featuring a hare). - Tanned and somewhat foxed, with some minor wormholes; endpaper with a few cracks and a small missing section. Without the separately published *Continatio*. Theology. - History. - Cont. vellum with overhanging edges (handwritten in black and red on parchment (Vulgate fragment)) (slightly stained and scuffed, edges bumped, with small tears and creases). - First edition of this rare work. - VD 16 R 2233 - Schottenloher 34176 - Not in the British Library, listed in Adams et al. - (Stabi Berlin, “War Loss”). - Edited by Georg Nigrinus with his annotations. - Woodcuts depicting the Creation, Adam and Eve, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. - Probably from the collection of Johann Michael Haas, with his signature on the endpaper and (his?) coat-of-arms ex-libris on the inside cover (featuring a hare). - Tanned and somewhat foxed, with some minor wormholes in places; the endpaper has a few cracks and a small missing section. Does not include the separately published *Continatio*.