Catalogus annorum et principum siue monarcharum mundi geminus plerisque in locis obscurioribus illustratus & in caelebrioribus locupletatus at[que] à mendis, recognitione diligenti repurgatus, : cum accessione multorum aliorum quae in priori aeditione non continebantur, quemadmodum suis locis toto libro uidere licebit, ab homine condito, us[que] in praesentem, à nato Christo, millesimum quingentesimum & quinquagesimum annum deductus & continuatus,

Ryd, Valerius Anselmus, 1475-1547?, Brosamer, Hans, ca. 1500-ca. 1554 · 1550 · Ex magnifica Heluetiorum urbe Berna. : [Matthias Apiarius] · 43 pictures

A 1550 chronology of world history and rulers, compiled by Valerius Anselmus Ryd and illustrated by Hans Brosamer, printed at Bern by Matthias Apiarius for scholars and readers of historical reference. Its woodcuts show crowned kings and patriarchs in half-length or framed medallion portraits, with heraldic shields and emblems, and a designer could draw on their dense cut-line hatching, decorative initial letters, and compact framing of figures within text columns.

Chronology, Historical · Imprint 1550

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