Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 216

Price Realized: $ 540
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
MAGNUS of Reichersberg. Chronicon monasterii Reicherspergensis In Baioaria . . . Cui accesserunt Varia diplomata Romanorum Pontificum ex M.S. codice pervetusto. [8], 291, [7]; [2], 40, [2] pages, including final blank * HEINRICH of Rebdorf. Annales Hainrici monachi in Rebdorff. Rerum ab anno MCCXCV. . . . ad annum MCCCLXII gestarum. [6], 87, [1] pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, early 19th-century German paste-paper boards; title lightly soiled and blank lower outer corner off A3-4 in first work. Munich: Nicolaus Heinrich, 1611; Ingoldstadt: Gregor Hänlin, 1618

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first edition and first separate edition, respectively, of 2 medieval chronicles edited by Christian Gewold. The first, extending from the Creation to 1167, is notable for its treatment of German involvement in the Crusades. The second deals with imperial and papal affairs during the years 1295-1362. Potthast, pages 758-59 and 581-82.