May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 139

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MEYER, JACOB. Commentarii sive Annales rerum Flandricarum. Title within woodcut border, with printer's woodcut device. [18], 374 leaves. Small folio, later 17th-century brown sheep gilt with marbled paper over covers, top of spine chipped, front cover detached; old signature and minor soiling on title, some light marginal dampstaining. Antwerp: Joannes Steelsius, 1561

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Chronicle of Flemish history covering the period from 446 to 1476. The entry for the year 1440 on 2P1r discusses the spread of printing following its invention by Johann Gutenberg.