HAMELMANN, Hermann. 
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Oldenburgische Chronicon. Das ist, Beschreibung der löblichen uhralten Grafen zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst, etz. Von welchen die jetzige Könige zu Dennemarck und Herzogen zu Holstein entsprossen, sampt ihres Stammens ersten Ankunfft, Thaten, Regierung, Leben und Ende, mit künstlichen Brustbildern und Wappen gezieret, auffs aller fleissigste zusammen getragen, durch Hermannum Hamelmannum. Oldenburg, Warner Berends Erben, 1599. Folio. Engraved. title,+ (84),+ 494,+ (16) pp.+ double-sided engraved plate,+ 2 double-sided typographic tables. With 63 engravings in the text, as well as many wood-cuts - some full page. Dampstain in the lower corner, worse at pp. 150-250. Some small stains. Stain with tear in pp. 53-54. Tear in the lower corner of pp. 179, 213 and 439. Contemporary ink notations and underlinings on pp. 410-11 concerning Daniel Rantzau. Pencil notes. Worn contemporary vellum with black-tooled decor on spine and boards. Stitched repair and a few small holes in the vellum of the rear board. Coat of arms of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst in black on the boards. Red edges. Signature of Katrina Rantzouw dated 1620, on the inside of the front board. From the library of Ericsberg castle, with the bookplate of Carl Jedvard Bonde.
VD16 H407. Adams H30. Graesse III, 203. Carlander III, pp. 564ff. First edition of this beautifully illustrated chronicle of the house of Oldenburg one of Europe’s most significant royal houses, with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Schleswig, Holstein, and, of course, Oldenburg. Herman Hamelmann (1526-95) was a Lutheran theologian and historian. After his death, the work was concluded by Anton Hering and Hermann Neuwald. Probably a presentation copy, with the coat of arms of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst on the boards. The signature is probably by Catharine Rantzau (1590-1655) who in 1607 married Henrik Rantzau. The underlinings at the end concern Daniel Rantzau (1529-69) and the Nordic Seven Years’ War where Daniel Rantzau commanded the Danish forces against Sweden.
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