With woodcuts by Jost Amman, 1594

Abraham Saur:

Calendarium historicum, das ist: Ein besondere tägliche Hausz und Kirchen Chronica/ darinn/ summarischer weise/ auff einen jeden Tag/ Monat/ und Jahr/ […].

Frankfurt am Main, durch Nicolaum Basseum, 1594. Folio. (30,6 x 21 cms.) [8] + 708 pp. Title printed in red & black with woodcut printer’s device. Woodcut portrait of Saur on page [8] and woodcut headpieces for each month, all by Jost Amman.

Near-contemporary panelled calf gilt, lightly worn, red edges. Very slight worming to covers and foot of pages 73-102, small inkstains to upper margin of a few leaves, dampstain at lower gutter of last few leaves. Several old ink annotations in German, supplementing the printed text for particular dates of this detailed historical calendar. Ownership inscription on title of ”J. D. F. z. Künowitz”, who has added a note to the page for his own birtday, february 23, 1624, also giving information about his six children, born between 1666 and 1678. Recent label of And. Persson, Västerås.

VD16 S 1902.

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