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<dl><dd>[12], lvij, [5], lix-cccl, [2] leaves : 31 cm (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Sometimes attributed to Johann Stump, and also to a Dominican, Hamelmann. Cf. Die Chroniken der niederrheinischen Stadte, v. 2, p. 211-212</dd>
<dd>Place, date of publication, and printer from colophon (nn4 recto): ... Ind hait gedruckt mit groissem ernst ind vlijss Iohan Koelhoff Burger in Coellen. ind vollendet vp sent Bartholomeus auent des hilligen Apostels Anno vursz ..</dd>
<dd>Year of publication from leaf nn3 verso</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [superscript pi]A-B⁶, A-I⁶ K¹⁰ L-Z⁶ a-d⁶ e⁴ f-z⁶ aa-nn⁶ (nn5, nn6=blank).</dd>
<dd>Median folio, double columns in table, otherwise single column, A4 (i.e. fol. 16) recto: 50 lines plus headline, 242 (253) x 155 mm; types: 290 (larger headings and title), 150(b) (lesser headings and headlines), 96 (text); some initial spaces with guide letters, printed lombards elsewhere; 92 woodcut illustrations, many of which are repeats</dd>
<dd>Many errors in foliation</dd>
<dd>Copies have been variously noted with: sheets K3.8, 4.7, 5.6 in a later setting signed 'kiij', 'kiiij', and 'kv' respectively; a cancel leaf kk5; with the woodcut of an emperor on leaf t3r replaced with the woodcut of a king. See Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke</dd>
<dd>"Van der boychdrucker kunst" (leaves gg1 verso-gg2 recto) is an early account of the history of printing. Some of the information was supplied by Ulrich Zell, the first printer in Cologne</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO imperfect: nn5 and nn6 (both blank) wanting; X5, Z3.4 (double-page woodcut), f1, and g3 inserted from another copy or copies, as determined by smaller leaf size and lack of rubrication, which is otherwise consitent throughout. Woodcuts hand-colored. Initials, headlines, and capital swashes rubricated in red. Fourth leaves of many gatherings signed in an early hand. Leaf dimensions: 299 x 311.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO with dealers' notes and codes at front and back. Early/contemporary marginal annotations, in various hands, throughout. Acquired in March, 1943.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO bound in ca. 16th-century blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Original bosses, cornerpieces, clasps, and catch plates removed. Spine unlabeled. Leaves from a medieval gradual or antiphonary serve as pastedowns.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents; Cologne (Germany) -- History; Germany -- History -- To 1517; Germany -- Kings and rulers</div>
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Stump, Johann</div>
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