ROLEVINCK, Werner. Fasciculus temporum (Dutch transl. with additions). Utrecht, Johann Veldener, 14 Febr. 1480. (7 (of 8)), cccxxx lvs. Printed in Gothic type, w. 38 lines & beautifully illustrated: a large woodcut at the end, first leaf of preface and first leaf of main work both within woodcut border, numerous woodcuts in the text (incl. views of towns, coats of arms, chronological and geographical schematic figures, Tower of Babel, Noah's Ark, the Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, etc.), all in cont. handcolouring. Rubricated in red throughout (except lvs. 267 and 274). Fol. 18th c. vellum. (Ties fail, without the first preliminary leaf w. Veldener's device surrounded by the text of the Gospel of John 1, margins cropped (affecting woodcut border of first leaf of preface and printed marginalia in a few places), the first leaf of the main work has a larger size: the margins are folded (and w. sm. tears), a few (ink)stains, 1 margin repaired, bit soiled/thumbed).
First and only Dutch translation of the "Fasciculus" by the Cologne Carthusian Rolevinck (c. 1425-1502), one of the most important world chronicles of the 15th century. The first Latin edition appeared in Cologne in 1474. This version was adapted to the Low Countries and contains textual additions relating to the history of the dioceses of Utrecht, Brabant, Holland and Zeeland and was also augmented with an extensive Chronicle of the Kings of France and England. The work is illustrated with numerous woodcuts, from the blocks used in Veldener's 1475 Louvain editions, but with the addition of 12 new ones, and of a set of coat of arms used only in the supplementary chronicles. - Goff R-278; Polain 3379; GW M38760; Hain-Copinger 6946; Campbell 1479; Holtrop 51 (p. 20).€ 4000
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