Die grosse burgunder Chronik. Vollfaksimile der Handschrift Ms. A5 der Zentralbibliothek Zürich.

3 vol., folio.

Text vols: half leather; facsimile vol.: publ. white blindst. pigskin, spine on 6 raised bands, metal clasps and catches, blue edges. Excellent copy.

Impressive colour facsimile of the famous "Zürcher Schilling", the most important source for the Burgundian wars of the end of the 15th c. With 200 large colour ill., showing detailed animated scenes of battle and military camplife. The 1000+ pp. are cut according to the original and the binding is a replica of the blindst. pigskin on the original held in Zürich. One of 980 numb. copies (n. 642). With a commentary vol. in German, giving the complete transcription of the ms. text, and a 2nd commentary vol. in French, incl. a catalogue of the ill. Bookpl. B. [Gobbe].