1549 Johannes Stumpf - Siege of RAPPERSWIL Ufenau - late medieval woodcut leaf

Stumpf [ or Stumpff] Zürich, 1549.

Page with text from the 'Schwyzer Chronick' by Johann Stumpf (1500-1576),

Zurich: Christoph Froschauer 1549.

Large woodcut leaf with heraldic devices.

Johann Stumpf (23 April 1500 – c.1578) was an early writer on the history and topography of Switzerland.

Leaf: 37.7 x 24.7 cm.