4 woodcuts.

Folio, contemp. hand-coloured woodcuts, gothic German lettering (some brown spots).

Under passe-partout.

Genealogical representations of the family tree of the Sallen and Brunswick with generic portraits and heraldry. They served as illustrations to the "Chronecken der Sassen", printed by Schöffer in 1492 in Mainz. Schöffer was one of the most important early printers and publishers – some rate him a better typographer and printer than Gutenberg himself. He was responsible for many innovations, artistic, technical and commercial. The Chronecken der Sassen was the first German chronicle to be printed; it records events from 527 to 1489 AD. With nearly 600 pages and hundreds of woodcuts, it was Peter Schöffer’s last major project.
Ref. GW 4963. - Scheiber 3531.