ROLEWINCK, WERNER. [Fasciculus temporum (deutsch)]. Eyn bürdin oder versamlung der zyt... Basel, Bernhard Richel, 31 August 1481.

4:o (binding about 290x215 mm., text 290x205 mm.). (2, of 16), 126 numbered leaves (irregular, of 130) ll. Not complete, lacking 18 leaves in total. 43 lines, gothic type. One old coloured woodcut initial, 10 old coloured woodcut illustrations, old coloured round "frames" in text.
Contemporary worn brown calf over wooden bevelled boards, mended in upper joint, blank spine in five compartments, 3 brass fittings (lacks 2 clasps and one fitting).
10 leaves mended in the margins, 1 with mended tear. About 40 leaves dampstained in upper half of inner margins. some foxing and staining.
Rare first German edition.

GW M 38743; Hain 6939.

Werner Rolevinck (1425-1502). Carthusian author of more than 50 works on historical, biblical, and theological subjects. His most popular work was the Fasciculus temporum (Cologne 1470), a brief chronicle of world history from the coming of Christ to his own day, which went through 50 editions and was translated into numerous languages. The chronology follows a double timeline, measuring time from both the Creation and the birth of Christ, demanding a remarkably complex typographical layout.