farfel_n05_003_317

Dr. Eichenberger
Beior wilAm [illegible]
Jan '91
190SF = $95
317
Konrad Botho ( Burger in Braunschweig - 2nd half 15 C)
Chronecken der Sassen (low German) d.1499
Mainz : Peter Schoeffer, 6 March, 1492. f
Ascribed by GW to K. Botho.
Ref : Goff C-488. HC 4990 Pell 2786 Polain (B) 847
Oates 38 Schr 3531 Schramm XIV p.9 Pr 130
799
Woodcuts
- GW 4963 BMC I 37. Muther #638 at pl. 145 to 147
6p: BM aw r CL HEHL(-) PML, LC, NYPL(S) 13. Royale, Mainz
Wolfenbuttel
Breslau
plates 33 + 34, Schrieber woodcuts Bunst Z240.9 S3f.
[a-L8] i-z A-M8N4. 284 leaves. 10b : 43 lines , [inserted] 305 X 208 [end inserted] 200 X 127 mm,
not reckoning the ornamental capital - pages I illust often
20 or 30 mm longer. [inserted] mii [end inserted]
Types : 286 , dates + names of places
149a , title, colophon + names of portraits
93 text - small semi cursive text type, used in
-One German Hortus Sanitatis 28 March 1485, in the
Chronecken du Sassen of 1492 + other vernacular works.
S. Thomas Aquinas, Summae Theologiae, 6 March 1467, the 1st
book issued by Schoeffer alone after Fust's death.
Polain
Pell
f0, 284 ffnc. rouge et none 43ll.
282 ffnc. impression red + black. init . gras. calligraph et gravures
Chronecken der Sassen - the last of Schoeffer's illust. books,
which was the third Mainz illustrated book. Repetitions use
is made of the woodcuts. (799)
The so called Sachsenchronik is a world chronicle but deals
particularly t the history of Saxony.
- contains view of Frankfort a/M which is the earliest known representation
of that town.
- 7 yrs after the Hortus + 10 yrs before his death Schoeffer
produced another illustrated book in which the woodcuts
played a major part - Chronecken der Sassen.

Dr. Eichenberger
Beior wilAm [illegible]
Jan '91
190SF = $95
317
Konrad Botho ( Burger in Braunschweig - 2nd half 15 C)
Chronecken der Sassen (low German) d.1499
Mainz : Peter Schoeffer, 6 March, 1492. f
Ascribed by GW to K. Botho.
Ref : Goff C-488. HC 4990 Pell 2786 Polain (B) 847
Oates 38 Schr 3531 Schramm XIV p.9 Pr 130
799
Woodcuts
- GW 4963 BMC I 37. Muther #638 at pl. 145 to 147
6p: BM aw r CL HEHL(-) PML, LC, NYPL(S) 13. Royale, Mainz
Wolfenbuttel
Breslau
plates 33 + 34, Schrieber woodcuts Bunst Z240.9 S3f.
[a-L8] i-z A-M8N4. 284 leaves. 10b : 43 lines , [inserted] 305 X 208 [end inserted] 200 X 127 mm,
not reckoning the ornamental capital - pages I illust often
20 or 30 mm longer. [inserted] mii [end inserted]
Types : 286 , dates + names of places
149a , title, colophon + names of portraits
93 text - small semi cursive text type, used in
-One German Hortus Sanitatis 28 March 1485, in the
Chronecken du Sassen of 1492 + other vernacular works.
S. Thomas Aquinas, Summae Theologiae, 6 March 1467, the 1st
book issued by Schoeffer alone after Fust's death.
Polain
Pell
f0, 284 ffnc. rouge et none 43ll.
282 ffnc. impression red + black. init . gras. calligraph et gravures
Chronecken der Sassen - the last of Schoeffer's illust. books,
which was the third Mainz illustrated book. Repetitions use
is made of the woodcuts. (799)
The so called Sachsenchronik is a world chronicle but deals
particularly t the history of Saxony.
- contains view of Frankfort a/M which is the earliest known representation
of that town.
- 7 yrs after the Hortus + 10 yrs before his death Schoeffer
produced another illustrated book in which the woodcuts
played a major part - Chronecken der Sassen.