Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. Folio CCXLII. (Poggio Florentino, Antonio de Butrio, Jacobus de Folvio, Barbara, queen of Emperor Sigismund and Countess of Cilli with Eugenius IV, Felix X and An Eclipse of the Sun).
by Schedel, Hartmann
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About This Item
Nuremberg:: Anton Koberger,, 1493.. First edition. Latin.. 28 x 41.5 cm.. Minor foxing to outer edges, light dampstain to inner, lower margin corner, verso with repair tape to strengthen margin, no affect. Recto shows portraits of Poggio Florentino, Antonio de Butrio, Jacobus de Folvio, Barbara, queen of Emperor Sigismund and Countess of Cilli. Verso shows portraits of Eugenius IV and Felix V, with an illusration of a facial moon at lower left, representing an eclipse of the sun followed by a number of wars and rebellions. Suitable for framing. The Nuremberg Chronicle is the most extensively illustrated book, and one of the most important, of the 15th century. The text is a universal history of the Christian world from the beginning of time to the 1490Õs. Written in Latin by physician and humanist, Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) on commission from Nuremberg merchants Sebald Schreye (1446-1520) and Sebastian Kammermeister (1446-1503). The Chronicle was printed by Nuremberg printer Anton Koberger (c.1440-1513), owner of the largest 15th-century German printing house. The Latin edition was printed in KobergerÕs shop between May 1492 and October 1493. In the meantime, a German translation was commissioned to George Alt (c.1450-1510), a scribe at the Nuremberg treasury, and the German edition was printed alongside the Latin one between January and December 1493. The Chronicle was illustrated by German artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, with the assistance of studio apprentices, including a young Albrecht Durer.
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- Dark Parks Books & Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15466
- Title
- Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. Folio CCXLII. (Poggio Florentino, Antonio de Butrio, Jacobus de Folvio, Barbara, queen of Emperor Sigismund and Countess of Cilli with Eugenius IV, Felix X and An Eclipse of the Sun).
- Author
- Schedel, Hartmann
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition. Latin.
- Publisher
- Anton Koberger,
- Place of Publication
- Nuremberg:
- Date Published
- 1493.
- Pages
- Single leaf.
- Size
- 28 x 41.5 cm.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.