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Lot 116 - A188 Books - Tuesday, 26. March 2019, 02.00 PM

Stumpf, Johannes.

Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen und Volckeren Chronic wirdiger thaaten beschreibung... 13 parts in 1 volume. With woodcut printer's mark, 5 double page size woodcut maps and lots of (partly old colored) woodcuts in the text.
[Zurich, Chr. Froschauer [the elder], 1586]. Folio. [7], DCCXXXII, [22] leaves. Blindstamped pig leather of the period over wood covers richly ornamented, 6 (instead of 10) brass binders and 2 intact clasps. Spine of the 18th century with gilt spine etiquette (upper extremities of spine missing, spine stronger rubbed, browned, a little bumped, lacks in the binding).

VD16 S 98685 - BM STC German 839 - ADB 37, 166 - Graesse VI, 516 - Lonchamp 2819 - Waeber I, 19 - Rudolphi 823 - Vischer C 1090. - Dritte (zweite Folio-) Ausgabe. - The double page size map with illustration of Europe, Switzerland (2), Germany and France. - Throughout relatively browned in the same tone, to margins a little foxing, finger and ink stains, to the upper gutter throughout damp stained, in the beginning also a little damp stained, partly a little dusty, to the back some tiny wormholes (with just a small loss of text), tile and the first layers due to to new binding rehinged and to the gutter and hinges strengthened, block to the front bursted, some leaves (thereunder the tile) with small lack of paper or tears to margins (partly with loss of text), sometimes professionally restored and partly strengthened to the back, last leaf with a bigger tear to margin (only a little loss of paper). All-over still in good condition. - Some handwritten annotations, crossings and markings by old hand. - Title stamped , some old ownership remarks to flying leaves.

CHF 1 200 / 1 800 | (€ 1 240 / 1 860)


Sold for CHF 2 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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