Liber Chronicarum. ( The Nuremberg Chronicle). 2 Facing Leaves: Leaves XC & XCI
by Schedel, Hartmann
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 1493. First edition. Very Good. Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Folio, conjoined leaves measuring approximately 455mm by 320mm, very minor breaks at fold, minor soiling, matted but not glazed or framed.
LIBER CHRONICARUM is the most famous travel book of the 15th century, and the most exhaustively illustrated book of the incunable era. The complete work contains 1809 woodcuts, of which only 29 are double-page town views:: these conjoined leaves is one of those 29 town views, specifically "Colonia", i.e. Cologne, Germany. The verso of leaf XCI is a half-page view of "Augusta", i.e. Augsburg, Germany, with descriptive text. Also smaller portraits of historical personages including Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Herodias, L. Pomponius, Leoneus, and M. Agrippa. et alios (Notes: this is from the Latin edition. The German-language edition, DAS BUCH DER CHRONIKEN, has different woodblock portraits for Pomponius, Leoneus, and Agrippa. Also, the view of Augsburg is only the left half of the scene, which is one of the double-page views). [Goff S-307; Hain - Cop 14508x; Klebs 889.1; Oates 1026; Procter 2084; BMC II, 437 ]. Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
LIBER CHRONICARUM is the most famous travel book of the 15th century, and the most exhaustively illustrated book of the incunable era. The complete work contains 1809 woodcuts, of which only 29 are double-page town views:: these conjoined leaves is one of those 29 town views, specifically "Colonia", i.e. Cologne, Germany. The verso of leaf XCI is a half-page view of "Augusta", i.e. Augsburg, Germany, with descriptive text. Also smaller portraits of historical personages including Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Herodias, L. Pomponius, Leoneus, and M. Agrippa. et alios (Notes: this is from the Latin edition. The German-language edition, DAS BUCH DER CHRONIKEN, has different woodblock portraits for Pomponius, Leoneus, and Agrippa. Also, the view of Augsburg is only the left half of the scene, which is one of the double-page views). [Goff S-307; Hain - Cop 14508x; Klebs 889.1; Oates 1026; Procter 2084; BMC II, 437 ]. Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005337
- Title
- Liber Chronicarum. ( The Nuremberg Chronicle). 2 Facing Leaves
- Author
- Schedel, Hartmann
- Illustrator
- Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Anton Koberger
- Place of Publication
- Nuremberg, Germany
- Date Published
- 1493
- Keywords
- incunable, incunabula, incunabulum, Cleopatra, Cologne, Germany, Augsburg, Alexander the Great, Herodias, early printing, Koln,
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