Etterlin (Petermann) Kronica von der loblichen Eÿdtgnoschaft ir harkommen und sust seltzam strittenn und Geschichten, first edition, second issue, ff. [8], CXXIIII, lacking final blank leaf X6, xylographic title with 2 woodcut border pieces, 29 woodcut illustrations from 12 blocks, including full-page woodcut of the Emperor enthroned to title verso and heraldic composition to A1r (verso blank), woodcut printer's device on final leaf, title with crude ?early hand-colouring to border and woodcut to verso, some tears repaired and lower margin reinforced to verso (without notable loss), a few instances of contemporary ink marginalia or passage-marking, a few minor marginal repairs, affecting headline to [a]5, L6 short tear into headline without loss, U6 tiny paper flaw hole within headline, M1 vertical tear within text without loss, some light browning, some soiling or light staining, lacking front free endpapers, eighteenth-century half calf, spine gilt and with black calf label, light wear to corners and extremities, upper joint split at foot, 4to (275 x 195mm.), Basel, Michael Furter, 24 December, 1507.*** The first printed chronicle of Switzerland, starting with St. Meinrad's foundation of the monastery of Einsiedeln (c.835) and continuing up to the year 1503. The woodcuts, some attributed to the renowned artist known by the monogram "D.S.", include a half-page detailed view of Lucerne (the city's earliest printed depiction), episodes from the glorious history of Switzerland including a dragon, and the first pictorial representation of the famous scene, synonymous with the Swiss spirit of insurrection, of Tell aiming at the apple on his son's head. This copy is the second issue of the first edition; the first edition having the first page of text printed on the verso of the coat of arms.Literature: VD16 E 4110.