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Early Amsterdam imprint

HERMANNUS, Gulielmus.
Olandie gelrieque bellum.

Large woodcut on title with the coats-of-arms of Holland and Gelre.

Large woodcut on title with the coats-of-arms of Holland and Gelre.

Large woodcut on title with the coats-of-arms of Holland and Gelre.



Amsterdam, (Pieter Jansz. Tyebaut, ca. 1517). 4to. Eighteenth-century red morocco, spine gilt, with gilt title, sides with gilt decorated borders and 4 ornaments at the corners, gilt inner decoration, marbled endpapers, g.e. Large woodcut on title with the coats-of-arms of Holland and Gelre. (20) lvs.

One of the earliest Amsterdam imprints, the first work printed by Pieter Janszoon Tyebaut. The colophon only indicates the printing place, Amsterdam, without address or date. For long this work was thought to be printed by the first printer at Amsterdam, Hugo Janszoon van Woerden, active between 1506 and 1510, because the author died in 1510. C.P. Burger convincingly attributed the work to the second Amsterdam printer, Pieter Janszoon Tyebaut, dating it 1517.
Tyebaut was active from 1517 to 1530, and the present was the first work printed by him. It is a history of the war between Holland and Gelderland, describing the events between 1504 and 1509, written by Wilhelmus (Guilielmus) Hermannus from Gouda, a learned man and a good friend of Erasmus. He lived at the monastery of Steyn, near Gouda, where Erasmus stayed at the time and where he had Cornelius Aurelianus as his preceptor. This Aurelianus was one of the first humanists in the Northern Netherlands and writer of the well-known Divisiekroniek, the first history of the Low Countries. Erasmus admired Guilielmus for his intelligence and erudition.
Tyebaut must have laid hands on a manuscript with Guilielmus's text, judging it an exciting work with such an important role for the city and citizens of Amsterdam that it would certainly find buyers and readers. One of the leading figures was the magistrate, Johannes Benignus, Tyebaut's brother-in-law. The present work is also of interest for the beautiful woodcut on the title.

Fine copy, well preserved, with the book plate of Syston Park.
Moes-Burger 712 (illustr.); Nijhoff-Kronenberg 1037; De Buck 2198; STC Dutch p. 93; Dubiez pp. 21-25.

Related Subjects: 16th Century  Amsterdam  Gelderland  History  Low Countries  Militaria 

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