Gottfried, Johann Ludwig
Johann Ludwig Gottfried’s historische Chronick oder Beschreibung der merckwürdigsten Geschichte …
Stuttgarter Faksimile-Edition im Fackelverlag, Stuttgart, 1979
Fine facsimile edition from the edition printed by Philipp Heinrich Hutter 1743–1745 in Frankfurt.
Description: 2 vols., original brown leather binding, title blocked in dark brown to spine, 4 raised bands. Quarto: 35 × 23 cm; pp.: (vol.1): [48], 1184, [144]; (vol.2): [10], 1272, [136]. With 156 engraved portraits and 328 historical scenes, city views, maps, etc. (some double-page or fold-out) by Matthäus Merian the Elder. Red speckled edges. Limited edition, number 1038 of 1500 numbered copies.
Condition: A small chip to the upper corner of the rear board of the second volume. Otherwise near mint condition.
Notes: Johann Ludwig Gottfried (c. 1584–1633) produced one of the most influential reference works on world history: the Historische Chronick. First published in 1631, it was expanded and supplemented for the 1674, 1710 and 1743 editions. It is even said that Goethe (1749–1832) used the Historische Chronick as a textbook in his younger years.