Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. Folio CCXXXVIII. [Hussite Heresy. John XXII of Naples and Martin V of Colonna].

Schedel, Hartmann.

Edité par George Alt. [Anton Koberger],, Nuremberg:, 1493

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Single leaf. Minor dampstain to outer edge, small paper tab on verso top corner, else very nice. Recto with small woodcut of John Wycliffe. Verso with two cuts of John XXII and Martin V. 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 1490?s. 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 Koberger?s 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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• Titre: Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. Folio CCXXXVIII. [Hussite Heresy. John XXII of Naples and Martin V of Colonna].
• Éditeur: George Alt. [Anton Koberger],, Nuremberg:
• Date de parution: 1493
• Édition: First edition. Rare German edition.