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560 - Incunabula - *Die Chronica van der hilliger Stat Coellen*. With over 350 colored woodcuts (including 1 double-leaf and 11 single-leaf). Cologne, Koelhoff, 1499. 11 unnumbered leaves, leaves II–LVII, 5 unnumbered leaves, leaves LIX–CCCXLIX (a total of 363 out of 368 leaves). 34 x 22 cm. Contemporary blind-embossed pigskin binding over wooden covers with 2 clasps and 7 (of 8) edge fittings.
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Incunabula - *Die Chronica van der hilliger Stat Coellen*. With over 350 colored woodcuts (including 1 double-leaf and 11 single-leaf). Cologne, Koelhoff, 1499. 11 unnumbered leaves, leaves II–LVII, 5 unnumbered leaves, leaves LIX–CCCXLIX (a total of 363 out of 368 leaves). 34 x 22 cm. Contemporary blind-embossed pigskin binding over wooden covers with 2 clasps and 7 (of 8) edge fittings. GW 6688 - Hain 4989 - Borchling/Claussen 312 - LGB2 IV, 273. - First edition of this famous monument to the old Cologne dialect and significant woodcut work. - Copy of the earlier printing state with the markings on page 14 listed in the GW under notes 1–2. Page 349 (page number: CCCXXXIII) is present in the new typesetting (GW, note 3). - The numerous woodcuts in beautiful old-style coloring depict views of Cologne, kings, bishops, saints, and coats of arms. - Missing: Leaf Ai (1st title page, supplemented with a hand-drawn facsimile), Leaf 13 (A1 = 2nd title page), Leaf 366 (nn4, with colophon), Leaves 367–368 (last 2 blank); leaf 365 (nn3), repaired with white paper and with only fragmentary text remaining. - Binding shows signs of scraping; the cover cloth has wormholes in places; fastenings and missing sections on the cover (approx. 10 x 5 cm) and the top of the spine have been replaced with new material. Page corners have fingerprints; from folio 320 onward, there is a moisture stain along the edge; contemporary handwritten marginal notes in places; tab A2 has a backing in the margin measuring approx. 4 x 1 cm; tab A5ro. Missing letters in 8 lines of text have been replaced by hand in contemporary script (approx. 3 x 5 cm); a tear in tab A6, approx. 15 cm long, has been restored; L3 has been supplemented in the margin, approx. 2 x 3 cm; 3 leaves (K8, K9, b2) supplemented from another copy and approx. 5 mm smaller; on leaves K9 and b2, the woodcuts are uncolored. - From the library of Otto Hupp, with a hand-drawn bookplate; the first title page has been replaced with a hand-drawn facsimile by Otto Hupp. *
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