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ROLEWINCK, Werner (1425-1502). Fasciculus temporum, in Dutch: Dat boek dat men hiet Fasciculus temporum. Utrecht: Johann Veldener, 14 February 1480.
Chancery 2° (262 x 194mm). Collation: [1-298 306 318 324 33-428 4310] (1/1r blank, 1/1v printer's device with text surround, 1/2r author's preface, 1/4v tabula, 2/1r text, 25/8v blank, 26/1r chronicle of France, 28/8v blank, 29/1r chronicle of England, 31/1r chronicle of Brabant, 33/1r chronicle of Utrecht, 37/1r chronicle of Flanders, 38/1r chronicle of Holland, 42/1r chronicle of Gelre, 43/1r chronicle of Cleve, 43/6v bishops and archbishops of Cologne, 43/7r bishops of Liége, 43/7v chronicle of van der Mark and van den Berg, 43/9r colophon, printer's device, 43/9v-10 blank). 339 (of 340, without final blank) leaves. 38 lines and 3 columns in table. Type: 5:114G, 4:89B, printed guide-letters. Full woodcut ornamental frame in four parts to preface and first text leaf, large decorative initial opening preface, historiated initials opening text, 35 woodcuts from 20 blocks, numerous coats-of-arms, Veldener's device (Juchhoff 55) printed twice. 2- to 5-line initials in red (one intertwined with blue), red paragraph marks and capital strokes. (The two woodcut borders slightly trimmed, an occasional small stain, blank corner of 33/2 mended, very small tears in 29/7,8 affecting 1 letter.) Early 16th-century calf over wooden boards, blindstamped with roll-tools (repaired at spine, endleaves renewed), 2 brass fore-edge clasps renewed.
FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH, with extensive supplements oriented to a Dutch public on the history of the dukes of Brabant, bishops of Utrecht, and counts of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut, as well as the kings of France and England. Veldener had already printed a Latin edition of the Fasciculus temporum, the first printed chronological history of the world, at Louvain in 1475. For that edition he reprinted ther Hoernen's first edition of 1474, adding one further woodcut and bringing the chronicle up to date with an entry for 19 December 1475, only ten days before printing was completed. For his Dutch-language edition Veldener worked from a manuscript which was "poorly written and and even more poorly corrected"; its translator remains anonymous.
Twelve woodcuts, strongly based on cuts in the Rudimentum novitiorum (Lübeck 1475), and the set of coats-of-arms are original to the Utrecht edition; they are the work of the "Utrecht woodcutter" (Conway p.209). They are additional to eight woodcuts which Veldener first used in his Louvain edition and in which some have seen Veldener's hand as artist (cf. Arnim, Schäfer 288, notes 6-7). As the presence of the blank leaf 42/8 and the stitching demonstrate, the final quire contains 10 leaves, with 43/10 also a blank. HC 9646; BMC IX, 12 (IB. 47086-a); Goff R-278; IDL 3950; Schreiber 5122a; Cinquième centenaire 76.
Chancery 2° (262 x 194mm). Collation: [1-298 306 318 324 33-428 4310] (1/1r blank, 1/1v printer's device with text surround, 1/2r author's preface, 1/4v tabula, 2/1r text, 25/8v blank, 26/1r chronicle of France, 28/8v blank, 29/1r chronicle of England, 31/1r chronicle of Brabant, 33/1r chronicle of Utrecht, 37/1r chronicle of Flanders, 38/1r chronicle of Holland, 42/1r chronicle of Gelre, 43/1r chronicle of Cleve, 43/6v bishops and archbishops of Cologne, 43/7r bishops of Liége, 43/7v chronicle of van der Mark and van den Berg, 43/9r colophon, printer's device, 43/9v-10 blank). 339 (of 340, without final blank) leaves. 38 lines and 3 columns in table. Type: 5:114G, 4:89B, printed guide-letters. Full woodcut ornamental frame in four parts to preface and first text leaf, large decorative initial opening preface, historiated initials opening text, 35 woodcuts from 20 blocks, numerous coats-of-arms, Veldener's device (Juchhoff 55) printed twice. 2- to 5-line initials in red (one intertwined with blue), red paragraph marks and capital strokes. (The two woodcut borders slightly trimmed, an occasional small stain, blank corner of 33/2 mended, very small tears in 29/7,8 affecting 1 letter.) Early 16th-century calf over wooden boards, blindstamped with roll-tools (repaired at spine, endleaves renewed), 2 brass fore-edge clasps renewed.
FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH, with extensive supplements oriented to a Dutch public on the history of the dukes of Brabant, bishops of Utrecht, and counts of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut, as well as the kings of France and England. Veldener had already printed a Latin edition of the Fasciculus temporum, the first printed chronological history of the world, at Louvain in 1475. For that edition he reprinted ther Hoernen's first edition of 1474, adding one further woodcut and bringing the chronicle up to date with an entry for 19 December 1475, only ten days before printing was completed. For his Dutch-language edition Veldener worked from a manuscript which was "poorly written and and even more poorly corrected"; its translator remains anonymous.
Twelve woodcuts, strongly based on cuts in the Rudimentum novitiorum (Lübeck 1475), and the set of coats-of-arms are original to the Utrecht edition; they are the work of the "Utrecht woodcutter" (Conway p.209). They are additional to eight woodcuts which Veldener first used in his Louvain edition and in which some have seen Veldener's hand as artist (cf. Arnim, Schäfer 288, notes 6-7). As the presence of the blank leaf 42/8 and the stitching demonstrate, the final quire contains 10 leaves, with 43/10 also a blank. HC 9646; BMC IX, 12 (IB. 47086-a); Goff R-278; IDL 3950; Schreiber 5122a; Cinquième centenaire 76.