Krantz, Albert. Saxonia. De Saxonia Gentis vetusta origine, longinquis expeditionitibus susceptis, et bellis domi pro libertate diu fortiterque gestis. Denuo, & quidem accuratius emendatiusque; quàm antè, edita. Cum praefatione D. Nicolai Cisneri. 12 Bl., 354 pp., 17 Bl. With 2 woodcut printer brands. 30 x 18,5 cm. Parchment band i.e. with hs. Title. Frankfurt, Andreas Wechel, 1580. VD16 K 2260. – Later printing of the Saxon Chronicle, first published in Cologne in 1520 by Johann Soter, one of the important historical works of the late medieval theologian and "Historical Writer of the North" Albert Krantz (1448-1517): "Krantz became particularly famous as a historical writer in posterity. During his life, apart from some grammatical and philosophical, a series of theological and ecclesiastical writings appeared by him; from his estate, four extensive historical works, the 'Vandalia', 'Saxonia', the ‘Dania' and the ‘Metropolis', were published and then appeared partially until 17. ==References====External links==* Official website They are based on extensive studies, for which he searched archives and libraries from an early age on his travels. The fact that they often carry a compilatory character is due to the fact that he had not always laid the last hand on them. If he has often taken up his sources literally as a result of a comparison with them, he may therefore be considered the less a plagiarist than it is not apparent what he himself would have had printed for longer life; first he has put these works together for his own use and there is no lack in them of proofs of in-depth critical criticism. Research and processing of the sources available to it. But his works have contributed a great deal to the dissemination of a knowledge of the history and church history of northern Germany and the north and are still valuable today because of his primordial parts about events and conditions that stood up to his time" (ADB). – At the end a little damp, with some underscores. – Attached: The same. Regnorum Aquilonarium, Daniae, Sueciae, Norvagiae, chronica. Accessit, supplementi cuiusdam instar, Dithmarsici belli istoria, Christiano Cilicio Cimbro autore. Cum praefatione Ioan Wolffij. 10 Bl., 505 pp., 19 Bl. With 2 repeated woodcut printer brands. Ebenda 1583. - Title with unsightly leaf cut. A little flaky, initially chessed wet-wrapped.