Die Iahr Blum
Subtitle: welch da begreiff ũd in sich helt fast alle Iahren dieser Welt ...
By: gantz kurtz gefast und Reime weis vil mercklich Thaten und Geschicht durch Matthis Quaden zugericht
Series: German books before 1601 -- reel 16, item 5
Publisher: verlegt Johann Bussemechers
Published: 1595
Place of publication: Cologne]
Language: mul; ger; lat
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Middle Ages; Early works to 1800; World history; Poetry; Ancient History; History; German poetry
Other titles: Jahr Blum.
Notes: History in German verse; Latin afterword with details of important historical figures.

Entirely in verse, including the t.p.; reference to America on the map and under the year 1497 and 1577.

T.p. border with orb, sword and shield.

T.p. ill. of flower, petals labeled with names and nations from history, caption "Natura Lex Evangelium"

Coat of arms p. [3]

Map p. [7] (Eurasia, Africa, Indonesia, part of Australia, Greenland, Nova Scotia)

Initials, headpieces, tailpieces; Biblical and modern years printed in margins.