= Typographia Batava 1981; cf. Alden/ Landis 595/29; cf. Sabin 25470 (note); cf. Tiele 358; this edition not in Borba de Moraes. Rare Dutch edition of Seb. Franck's Chronica (first published Emden, 1558), incorporating the Werelt-boeck (1534) by the same author, especially noteworthy for the section dealing with the Americas, which describes i.a. the travels of Columbus, Cortes and Vespucci. With contemporary marginal annotations and underlinings in pen. Rare third Dutch edition (earlier editions were 1558 and 1563) of a description of all lands and peoples of the world and particularly their customs and religious beliefs, with the final (fourth) part devoted to Africa, Europe, America and Asia with much attention to Syria, Arabia and the Middle East, including a description of Mecca and the Kaaba. Franck (1499-1542/43) studied at Heidelberg, became a priest and in 1527 a Lutheran minister, but was critical of Catholics, Lutherans, Zwinglians and Anabaptists, and found common ground with heretics such as Michael Servetus. His Weltbuch, first published in German in 1534, a remarkable early example of comparative religious studies, came under attack from the established church and he was accused of Anabaptism. It was first published in Dutch in 1558 and proved very popular among Dutch Lutherans and especially Anabaptists, forming a keystone in the thought and writings of Menno Simons and the Mennonites. A seminal work with a wealth of information about world religions that still speaks to our time.Lacks one leaf of the final part (fol. LXXV); occas. slightly soiled/ stained (1x larger stain on Eee5); library stamp on title-page; title-page reattached; bookplate on upper pastedown; crossed out old annotions on first free endpaper. Binding stained.Provenance: Dr. Gerard J. Jaspers (1932-2020), specialist of incunables and early printed books, with his bookplate.