Lot 843
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(CORNELIUS AURELIUS). Die cronycke van Hollandt, Zeelandt en Vrieslandt beghinnende van Adams tiden (…) voertgaende tot de iare MCCCCC ende XVII. (Leyden, J. Severs, 18 aug. 1517). 429 (of 440) lvs. W. ±240 fine woodcuts (religious & battle scenes, sieges, town views, coat of arms and portraits) in text. Fol. Later blind tooled vellum w. raised bands & overl. sides. (Lvs. A1, A2, B1, H5, m6, (2)A1, 2E1, and last 4 lvs. (indicated by Nijhoff & K. as [*4]) lack, but text of ti-p. & first pp. added in ms. (old hand), 2B6 half gone & rep., last leaf rep., worldmap lacks as usual, a bit browned/stained in places/traces of use, some ink stains in places, but else in very good condition).
Extremely rare first edition with fabulous woodcuts of the so-called "Divisiekroniek" written by Cornelius Aurelius de Gouda who lived & worked in the monastery Sint Hieronymusdal or Lopsen near Leiden. The work is based on several medieval chronicles, like the "Chronicon Hollandia" by Joannes a Leydis, the "Cronica van Coellen" (1499), "Fasciculus temporum" by Veldenaer (1480), Richard de Bury's "Philobiblon" and the "Kroniek van Holland" by the Clerc uten Lagen Landen. The woodcuts i.a. by Lucas van Leyden, and copies after Hans Burgkmair. The work is one of the most famous publications of the Leyden printer Jan Severs who started printing ca. 1501. - Nijhoff-Kronenberg 613; Adams A-2253; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 20a; De Wind 112-13. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.€ 1800
result € 2600
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