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Title: [Nuremberg Chronicle – Liber Chronicon, i.e.] Register des Buchs der Croniken und Geschichten mit Figure und Pildnussen von Anbegin der Welt bis auf dise unsere Zeit Author: Schedel, Hartmann Place: Nuremberg Publisher: Anton Koberger Date: 23 December 1493 Description: [10], CCLXXXVI, [1] leaves, plus the final blank leaf. Profusely illustrated with wood engraved city views, portraits, scenes etc., leaf XXIIII with some early hand-coloring; 2 double-page maps (of the world and Europe). (folio) 40.5x27 cm (16x10¾") bound in modern brown calf, 5 brass knobs on front and rear covers. First German language edition of Schedel’s great work, published five months after the Latin edition, the most extensively illustrated of all 15th century books, presenting the history of the world from the Creation to the time of publication. The Latin edition had 1809 woodcut illustrations from 645 blocks (Cockerell's count) by Michael Wolgemut Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including the young Albrecht Durer; this German edition is some 30 leaves shorter, so the count of woodcuts would be similarly reduced. The double-page maps of the World [Shirley 19] and of Europe are by Hieronymus Munzer after Nicolas Khrypffs. The woodcut illustrations include events from the Bible, pictures of human monstrosities, portraits of Kings, Queens, saints and martyrs, and allegorical pictures of miracles. The views are some of the earliest representations of towns and cities, with around 116 places being identified by name. A medical doctor by training and practice, Hartmann Schedel was a resourceful and prodigious collector as well as a versatile scholar and bibliophile. Peter Zahn, in his introduction to Adrian Wilson’s The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle, writes “The Schedel Chronicle very rightly became famous because of its illustrations, its extraordinary graphic design, its printing, and for its woodcuts and descriptions of cities.” Goff S308. Lot Amendments Condition: Title page heavily worn at edges, much paper repair/ restoration there (not effecting the text); most leaves with some light dampstaining at edges; most leaves with paper repairs: mostly small and not effecting the text and relegated to the edges, including gutter edge of a few, 14 leaves with paper repair that extends to corners of text/illustrations; CCLXVI leaf with large corner restoration effecting illustration; good. Item number: 238003