Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thuróczy, János, approximately 1435-
Title:
Prefatio magistri iohannis de thwrocz : in primu[m] libru[m] Chronice hungaror[um] foeliciter incipit.
Alternate Title(s):
Prefatio magistri Johannis de Thwrocz in primum librum Chronicae Hungarorum foeliciter incipit
Published / Created:
[Augsburg] : [Erhard Ratdolt, for Theobaldus Feger], [3 June 1488]
Physical Description:
[348] pages : illustrations (some colored), initials, device (woodcuts) ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Text includes dedicatory letter from Feger to Mathias Corvinus, the Chronica, an extended account of the Mongol invasion of 1241 attributed to a Master Roger, and terminal verses.
Subject Terms:
Hungary -- History -- 1000-1699 -- Early works to 1800. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts -- Hand-colored | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490, dedicatee. | Drag, Thomas de, d. 1490, dedicatee. | Feger, Theobald, active 1484-1509, publisher. | Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 1528, printer.