Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen vnd Völckeren Chronick wirdiger Thaaten Beschreybung : hieriñ wirt auch die Gelegenheit der gantzen Europe : item ein kurtzuer griffne Chronica Germanie oder Teütschlands : in sonders aber ein fleyssige histori vnd ordenliche Beschreybung Gallie oder Franckrychs fürgestellt : darauff deñ obgedachte der Eydgnoschafft Beschreybung volget ...
A 1548 Swiss chronicle by Johannes Stumpf, with commentary by Joachim Vadianus and woodcuts by Heinrich Vogtherr, printed in Zürich by Christoffel Froschauer for Swiss readers interested in the history of Switzerland, Germany and France. Its pages are dense black-letter German text set in narrow columns beside framed woodcut scenes of battles, burning towns and crowds, with heraldic shields in the margins. A designer might take the dense columnar layout, the flame and smoke textures and the crowded battle compositions as models for historical infographics or editorial spreads.
