Apr 23, 2007 - Sale 2111

Sale 2111 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
AURELIUS, CORNELIUS. Die Cronycke van Hollandt, Zeelandt, en Vrieslant. Title in red and black with half-page woodcut; full-page depiction of the Crucifixion on F6r; text illustrations throughout after Lucas van Leyden, Hans Burgkmair, and others. [2], 436 [i. e., 438] leaves; lacks the world map and the 4-leaf index. Folio, 287x192 mm, 17th-century black morocco gilt-stamped HOL CRONYCK at top of front cover and 1637 at bottom, top of spine chipped, raised bands and cover corners worn; light dampstaining in upper margins, occasional minor soiling, short clean tear in upper inner corner of X6, minor restoration in blank lower margin of 2i1, old owners' annotations on front endleaves. (Leiden: Jan Severs, 1517)

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first edition of a chronicle of Dutch history from the Creation to the author's time, compiled largely from medieval sources. Adams A2253; Nijhoff & Kronenberg 613.