Liber Chronicarum Leaf CCVII - CCVIII
(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE)
From Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 11, 1998
From Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 11, 1998
About this Item
Single leaf (in Latin), printed recto and verso. Folio (12" X 17½"). Very good. Mildly age toned, with expected stitching traces along gutter edge. This encyclopedic account of world events is one of the best-known incunabula, highly regarded for integrating dramatic and numerous woodcuts with text. German merchant Sebald Schreyer and his son-in-law Sebastian Kammermeister commissioned scholar Hartmann Schedel to write the text, hired printer Koberger and produced versions in both Latin and German. The Latin version (1400 to 1500 copies) appeared in July 1493 and the German version (700 to 1000 copies) in December. According to one source about 400 Latin copies survive today and about 300 German copies, with some of each having been disbound. "Folium CCVII" offered here includes an image at upper left of two "Linea imperatory" ("Imperial rule") -- half-length portraits of Phillipus at top and beneath him Otto Quartus, each holding orb and scepter. Leaf CCVIII features large woodcuts of monastery structures at upper left and lower right, the former titled "Ordo cruciferorum" and the latter "Ordo carmelitarum." At upper right is a smaller woodcut of an unnamed clergyman clutching a crucifix. Seller Inventory # 48447
Bibliographic Details
Title: Liber Chronicarum Leaf CCVII - CCVIII
Publisher: Anton Koberger, Nuremberg
Publication Date: 1493
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