Johannes Stumpf [ or Stumpff]
Zürich, 1549.
Page with text from the 'Schwyzer Chronick' by Johann Stumpf (1500-1576), Zurich: Christoph Froschauer 1549.
Large woodcut of MELLINGEN. With heraldic devices to verso.
Johann Stumpf (23 April 1500 – c.1578) was an early writer on the history and topography of Switzerland.
Leaf: 32 x 22 cm.
Clean tear into image neatly restored bit not close to image. Some age wear and light age toning.