Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat va[n] Coelle[n]
Contributors: Hamelmann, Dominican, attributed name; Koelhoff, Johann, active 1493-1500, printer
Publisher: [Johann Koelhoff, the Younger]
Published: 1499
Place of publication: Cologne]
Language: ger
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Origin and antecedents; Kings and rulers; Printing; History
Other titles: Cronica van der hilliger Stat Coellen; Chronik von der heiligen Stadt Koln; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Notes: Sometimes attributed to Johann Stump, and also to a Dominican, Hamelmann. Cf. Die Chroniken der niederrheinischen Stadte, v. 2, p. 211-212.

Place, date of publication, and printer from colophon (nn4 recto): ... Ind hait gedruckt mit groissem ernst ind vlijss Iohan Koelhoff Burger in Coellen. ind vollendet vp sent Bartholomeus auent des hilligen Apostels Anno vursz ...

Year of publication from leaf nn3 verso.

Signatures: [superscript pi]A-B́œ, A-Íœ K℗£́ʻ L-Źœ a-d́œ éþ f-źœ aa-nńœ (nn5, nn6=blank).

Median folio, double columns in table, otherwise single column, A4 (i.e. fol. 16) recto: 50 lines plus headline, 242 (253) x 155 mm; types: 290 (larger headings and title), 150(b) (lesser headings and headlines), 96 (text); some initial spaces with guide letters, printed lombards elsewhere; 92 woodcut illustrations, many of which are repeats.

Many errors in foliation.

Copies have been variously noted with: sheets K3.8, 4.7, 5.6 in a later setting signed 'kiij', 'kiiij', and 'kv' respectively; a cancel leaf kk5; with the woodcut of an emperor on leaf t3r replaced with the woodcut of a king. See Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke.

"Van der boychdrucker kunst" (leaves gg1 verso-gg2 recto) is an early account of the history of printing. Some of the information was supplied by Ulrich Zell, the first printer in Cologne.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, 299

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6688

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C476

Incunabula short title catalogue, ic00476000

In Latin and German.

cataloged 20190725 jm

condition reviewed 20190913 cl

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO imperfect: nn5 and nn6 (both blank) wanting; X5, Z3.4 (double-page woodcut), f1, and g3 inserted from another copy or copies, as determined by smaller leaf size and lack of rubrication, which is otherwise consitent throughout. Woodcuts hand-colored. Initials, headlines, and capital swashes rubricated in red. Fourth leaves of many gatherings signed in an early hand. Leaf dimensions: 299 x 311.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO with dealers' notes and codes at front and back. Early/contemporary marginal annotations, in various hands, throughout. Acquired in March, 1943.

BINDING:  Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO bound in ca. 16th-century blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Original bosses, cornerpieces, clasps, and catch plates removed. Spine unlabeled. Leaves from a medieval gradual or antiphonary serve as pastedowns.