[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Freculphus' early medieval chronicle. Cologne: 1539

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Freculphus, Bishop of Lisieux. CHRONICORUM, TOMI II... Quorum Prior ab Initio 
Mundi... Posterior Dehinc Usque ad Francorum & Lengobardorum Regna... Nunc 
Primum Typis Excusum. (Cologne): Melchior Novesianus. 1539. Folio. 2 parts in 1. 
ff.(4),160. Large woodcut printer’s device on title. Large historiated 
woodcut capitals. Modern vellum over boards. A very nice copy.     $2,000.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
First edition of this outstanding early medieval chronicle, edited by the 
printer himself, Melchior Novesianus. Freculphus (d. 853) has compiled a 
narrative history from the creation of the world down to his own time. A very scarce 
book with no copy at auction (by ABPC records) in the last 30 years. Adams F 
978.

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