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JACOBUS PHILIPPUS DE BERGAMO (1434-1520). Novissime historiarum omnium repercussiones: noviter... edite: que Supplementum supplementi chronicarum nuncupantur. Venice: Giorgio dei Rusconi, 4 May 1506.
2o (308 x 209 mm). Large woodcut on title of coat-of-arms of the dedicatee, Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicino, 95 woodcuts in the text, including 47 repeats: four (the Creation of Eve, expulsion from Eden, Cain slaying Abel, and the Tower of Babel) printed as full-page cuts with the addition at top and bottom of large ornamental border blocks, schematic world map with a diagram-map of the climates within white-on-black foliate border on a5r (Shirley 1, note), 89 small woodcut town views in various sizes. White-on-black woodcut initials, red Lombard initials and red capital strokes, woodcuts hand-colored. (Lacks portion of last printed leaf HH3 and blank H4, title frayed with upper right corner repaired). Later half calf (defective).
Sixth illustrated edition of Jacobus de Bergamo's world chronicle, with the text updated to 1503. Like the previous edition, printed by Albertino de Lessona in 1503, this edition describes the discovery of America under the year 1493 (FF8v-GG1r). The larger biblical cuts are those of the 1503 edition, for which Albertino had had new blocks cut copying the subjects of the incunable editions. The town views are printed from the blocks used in the previous edition, including 12 blocks from Benalio's original illustrated edition of 1486 and a few from the 1490 edition. Adams F-749; Alden & Landis 506/3; Essling 347; Sabin 25084; Sander 921.
2o (308 x 209 mm). Large woodcut on title of coat-of-arms of the dedicatee, Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicino, 95 woodcuts in the text, including 47 repeats: four (the Creation of Eve, expulsion from Eden, Cain slaying Abel, and the Tower of Babel) printed as full-page cuts with the addition at top and bottom of large ornamental border blocks, schematic world map with a diagram-map of the climates within white-on-black foliate border on a5r (Shirley 1, note), 89 small woodcut town views in various sizes. White-on-black woodcut initials, red Lombard initials and red capital strokes, woodcuts hand-colored. (Lacks portion of last printed leaf HH3 and blank H4, title frayed with upper right corner repaired). Later half calf (defective).
Sixth illustrated edition of Jacobus de Bergamo's world chronicle, with the text updated to 1503. Like the previous edition, printed by Albertino de Lessona in 1503, this edition describes the discovery of America under the year 1493 (FF8v-GG1r). The larger biblical cuts are those of the 1503 edition, for which Albertino had had new blocks cut copying the subjects of the incunable editions. The town views are printed from the blocks used in the previous edition, including 12 blocks from Benalio's original illustrated edition of 1486 and a few from the 1490 edition. Adams F-749; Alden & Landis 506/3; Essling 347; Sabin 25084; Sander 921.