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HAMELMANN, Hermann. Oldenburgisch Chronicon. Das ist Beschriebung der löblichen uhralten Grafen zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst. Oldenburg: the heirs of Warner Berendt, 1599.
2° (293 x 180mm). In German and Latin, partly in verse. Title with elaborate engraved border showing coats-of-arms, engraved portrait of the author, folding engraved town plan of Oldenburg, 61 engraved illustrations, mainly portraits, some full-page, full-page woodcut view of Oldenburg, approximately 60 woodcut illustrations including 10 half-page, mainly of battle scenes, 3 double-page genealogical tables. (Lacking two ?blanks, Tt4 and Vu8, light browning and occasional spotting.) Modern binding using a 15th- or 16th-century vellum leaf from an antiphonal, modern lettering-piece on spine. FIRST EDITION and the first book printed in Oldenburg. Adams H-30; BL STC German p. 381.
2° (293 x 180mm). In German and Latin, partly in verse. Title with elaborate engraved border showing coats-of-arms, engraved portrait of the author, folding engraved town plan of Oldenburg, 61 engraved illustrations, mainly portraits, some full-page, full-page woodcut view of Oldenburg, approximately 60 woodcut illustrations including 10 half-page, mainly of battle scenes, 3 double-page genealogical tables. (Lacking two ?blanks, Tt4 and Vu8, light browning and occasional spotting.) Modern binding using a 15th- or 16th-century vellum leaf from an antiphonal, modern lettering-piece on spine. FIRST EDITION and the first book printed in Oldenburg. Adams H-30; BL STC German p. 381.