Description:
8vo. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards, spine repaired, some loss; internally fine. Old library bookplate and stamp of Haverford College. Only edition of this chronology of the history of Hamburg covering the years 1555-1614. Compiled from the manuscripts of the late Hamburg archivist Nicolas Wilkens, the concise, numbered points outline ecclesiastical and political events in the German city. Wilkens was elected keeper of the archives in 1721 and used the records to feverishly record historical and biographical information until his untimely death three years later.
Ziegra (1719-1778) was a Lutheran historian and theologian. He lived his entire life in Hamburg.
OCLC locates no copies outside Europe; not in VD18 online.