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The (371) woodcuts [inserted] Some of them are of an earlier date, others of poor execution or copied, but many of them are most skillfully cut + of historical interest. - W.L. Schreiber [end inserted] are divided into several groups
1) pictures of the coats of arms of the old Cologne families
+ of the German cities
2) small views of cities + buildings
3) a group of family trees
4) 278 small (50x40) pictures of versions Kaisers,
Popes, Kings etc
5) 40 larger woodcuts which are frequently reused.
J. Koelhoff the elded was born in Lubeck + before he became
printer appears to have been in business. Probably his
business ventures brough him to Italy where he must have
required his training as printer in W. von Speier's printing
office. The influence of Wondelim is forward for a long time in the
form of his types.
J. Koelhoff (elden) 3rd Cologne printer
-was the 1st to place ptinted signatures
on the quines of a book so as to show the
order in which they were to be arranged.
The Cologne Chronicle is an illus. history of the world
from Creation to 1499. to special reference to local Cologne events.
It follows in concept + exectution the Nuremberg Chronicle to
hundereds of woodcuts + many repeats.
-said to have been for Koelhoff by a school master,
Johann Stump sus Rheinbach who shared in the troubles to
which it gave rise.
Most of the woodcuts were original to this ed byt 2 are from
the 1474 ed of Rolewinck Fasciculus temporum printed by
Arnold ter Hoenen (Goff R 254)
BMC Types 290 - Very large title type - used fro 1488 to end of the Century
(under teh Elden Koelhoff) 150b - title type of a pointed character - used sparcely from 1485-8
96 - German text type. Introduced in 1488 + used to Type 290
until end of the Century.
HEHL (86275) no rubrication - all paper browned. my leaf 331 (kkiii) wrongly labelled kfi