Fasciculus temporum

ROLEWINCK, Werner

Verlag: Erhard Ratdolt, Venice, 1480

Beschreibung

[Incunabula] 2° (300 x 205mm). 76 leaves (9 not numbered, 1-66 numbered), 3 columns in table, 59 lines and foliation, gothic letter, 2 large ornamental initials, 67 woodcut. FIRST RATDOLT EDITION. Erhard Ratdolt printed five editions of Rolewinck s popular universal history, all close reprints of one another. The chronology follows a double time-line, measuring time from both the Creation and the birth of Christ, demanding a remarkably complex typographical layout. The work was immensely popular, being printed 32 times in the 15th century, including translations into French, German and Dutch. The woodcuts include copies of fourteen from the first Venetian edition printed by Georgius Walch in 1479. Walch s blocks, based on the woodcuts of the Cologne editions, are noteworthy for replacing the block showing Cologne with a woodcut of Venice. THIS CUT OF VENICE IS THE FIRST KNOWN PRINTED VIEW OF THAT CITY, showing the Piazza San Marco as seen from the Gran Canale. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1531828582032

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fasciculus temporum

Verlag: Erhard Ratdolt, Venice

Erscheinungsdatum: 1480

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition