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Oldenburgische Chronicon Das ist Beschreibung Der Löblichen Uhralten Grafen zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst/ ec. Von welchen die jetzige Könige zu Dennemarck und Hertzogen zu Holstein entsprossen, Sampt Ihres Stammens ersten Ankunnft, Thaten, Regierung, ...
(Oldenburg, Warner Berendts Erben), 1599. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel gone. Engraved ornamental title-page. (86),494,(18) incl. (2) blank. Profusely textillustrated with engravings and woodcuts among them the full-page portrait of the author, a full-page view of Oldenburg, 3 folded genealogical tables and the double-page engraved elevated plan of Oldenburg. Internally clean and fine.
First edition. Hamelmann's Chronicon is the first book to be printed in Oldenburg (Brunet) and it is the historical source work for the ""House of Oldenburg"" whose descendents became kings of Denmark and emperors of Russia. -Adams H 30.
Oldenburgische Chronicon. Das ist, Beschreibung Der Löblichen Uhralten Grafen zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst/ ec. Von welchen die jetzige Könige zu Dennemarck und Hertzogen zu Holstein entsprossen, Sampt Ihres Stammens ersten Ankunnft, Thaten, Regierung...
(Oldenburg, Warner Berendts Erben), 1599. Folio. Contemp. full vellum. Calligraphed title on spine. Traces of ties. Endpapers carefully renewed. (84),494,(16) pp. Engraved title-page, engraved portrait of the author, double-page engraved bird-eye view of Oldenburg and 3 generalogical tables. 60 woodcuts and 63 large engravings in the text, among which is the oldest known view of Copenhagen showing the siege of the city in 1536. A fine large copy with the exlibris of the Danish bookcollector Paul Hauge.
A large fine and wellpreserved copy of this celebrated, profusely illustrated book, which is an importent source for the history of the Northwestern parts of Germany and Denmark. Hamelmann's Chronicon is the first book to be printed in Oldenburg (Brunet) and it is the historical source work for the ""House of Oldenburg"" whose descendents became kings of Denmark and emperors of Russia. Adams H 30. - Brunet, 26691. - Lipperheide Da, 10.
