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STUMPF, JOHANN. Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckeren Chronick wirdiger thaaten beschreybung. Over 4000 woodcut text

STUMPF, JOHANN. Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckeren Chronick wirdiger thaaten beschreybung. Over 4000 woodcut text illustrations; 5 double-page and 13 full-page woodcut maps. [6], 332, [9] (of [10]); 467, [10] (of [11]) leaves; lacks the final blanks. 2 volumes. Folio, 390x240 mm, 18th-century calf gilt, spine ends chipped; light dampstaining in blank lower margins in second half of Volume 1, small piece torn from upper margin of 2c6 in Volume 2 touching headline. Signature of Georgius Francus [i. e., Georg Franck von Franckenau?] dated Heidelberg, 1681, on general and part 5 titles. Zurich: Christoffel Froschouer, 1548

  • Notes: first edition of a profusely illustrated work on the geography and history of Switzerland.

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