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RYD, Valerius Anselmus (1475-1546/1547). Catalogus annorum et geminus ab homine condito, usque in praesentum. Berne: Matthias Apiarius, 1540. 2° (308 x 202mm). Collation: *6, a-k6, l8. Woodcut printer's device on title of the bear of Bern and numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, with woodcut portraits and time-line in the margin. (Lightly spotted and toned throughout, upper corner of h1 chipped.) 20th-century vellum, spine lettered in black (boards very slightly bowed). Provenance: Antonius Texaurus (fl.1540, ownership inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION of this richly illustrated world chronicle, with an interesting provenance: Antonius Texaurus was the Duke of Savoy's private doctor during the 1540s. His inscription, in a rather shaky hand, adds that the supplement includes material on Charles V and Paterculus's Roman History. The superb woodcuts are by Jakob Kallenberg, amongst others, who had provided nine woodcuts for Matthias Apiarus in the previous year for his edition of Boccaccio. The cypher found on the woodcut depicting the Nativity at e (f. 25) has been attributed to both Hans Galatan and Claus Hagenbach. Adams R-985; Brunet IV, 1474.
FIRST EDITION of this richly illustrated world chronicle, with an interesting provenance: Antonius Texaurus was the Duke of Savoy's private doctor during the 1540s. His inscription, in a rather shaky hand, adds that the supplement includes material on Charles V and Paterculus's Roman History. The superb woodcuts are by Jakob Kallenberg, amongst others, who had provided nine woodcuts for Matthias Apiarus in the previous year for his edition of Boccaccio. The cypher found on the woodcut depicting the Nativity at e (f. 25) has been attributed to both Hans Galatan and Claus Hagenbach. Adams R-985; Brunet IV, 1474.