Leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (16 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Pleydenwurff and Wohlgemut (illustrator). First Edition. [Incunabula Leaf]. Original Nuremberg Chronicle leaf (two pages) from the first (Latin) edition printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493. Folio (approx 17 x 12 inches); printed in gothic type. Recto decorated with the highly desirable original woodcut illustration of The Creation of Adam (image size approx 8.75 x 8.75 inches); verso depicts Heaven and signs of Zodiac (image size approx 10.75 x 8.75 inches). The woodcut illustrations for this edition were executed by Michael Wolgemut and Willhelm Pleydemwurff. A desirable and scarce example from one of the most important books of the 15th century. Some worming to margin edge, with light wear, upper edge trimmed. Loose, unmatted and suitable for framing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Michel Wolgemut; Hant Pleydenwulff (illustrator). Incunable; 15th Century; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Leaf from Hartmann Schedel's "Weltchronik," an edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle at reduced size (leaf 10 1/2" x 8") , with woodcuts copied from those of Koberger. [C. 1497. ] Headline: "Sexta etas mundi." page number "Clxxiiii" on verso. Dampstaining. 10 woodcuts. Artists were associated with Albrecht Durrer and the printer, Koberger, was Durer's grandfather. It covered 'Hisotry of the World" and was know n as the 'picture book' of that period. Hain Copinger 14508. Incunable.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited. Blue cloth folio with red titles and pictures on boards. AN EX-LIBRARY COPY w/ book plate on front pastedown and white number on front board. A history of the book with page from the 1497 pirated Latin addition bound in book. Limited to 300 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies with an original leaf from the 1497 Nuremberg Chronicle tipped inside. 61pp. Bound in pictorial cloth. Corners rubbed. Includes prospectus laid inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. Strong VG+ copy, minor fading to spine, contents completely clean. The leaf in this copy is really something special. This leaf has a whopping 18 distinct woodcut portraits. An excellent leaf book, printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press.

First Edition. Physical description; [1] leaf ; 44 cm. From the 23rd folio, with publisher's device. Text in double columns; wide margins with contemporary manuscript annotations. Light marginal dust-dulling and foxing, with a faint crease to the top. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Notes; Commonly known as the Nuremberg chronicle. Subjects; World history. Chronology. Incunabula. Germany. Nuremberg 1493. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Original leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century. The dates on the leaf fall within the Sixth Age, covering late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. The leaf narrates events concerning the popes of the period, beginning with Joannes Octavus (Pope John VIII, 872-882), Martinus Secundus (Pope Martin II), Adrianus Tertius (Pope Adrian III), and Stephanus Quintus (Pope Stephen V). It discusses their reigns and related historical events - political and religious turmoil, wars, and ecclesiastical matters of the late 9th century - reflecting how world history was understood from a biblical and papal perspective in the late 15th century. Illustrated with a vertical line of woodcut portraits of each Pope to the right of the leaf and with a group woodcut of a church council to the bottom left corner. Matted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches 22.25 inches. A beautiful presentation. Published in 1493, the monumental Nuremberg Chronicle remains the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century. Albrecht Durer, the printer Koberger's godson, is thought to have contributed to the celebrated series of c.1800 woodcuts while working for the workshop of Michael Wolgemut. The publication history of the Nuremberg Chronicle is perhaps the best documented of any book printed in this period: the contracts between Schedel and his partners Schreyer and Kammermaister, and between Schedel and the artists, all survive in the Nuremberg Stadtsbibliothek, as do detailed manuscript exemplars of both the Latin and the German editions (see A. Wilson, The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle, Amsterdam: 1976). The Nuremberg Chronicle also includes two double-page maps: a world map (Shirley 19) based on Mela's Cosmographia (1482), and a map of northern and central Europe by Hieronymus Munzer (1437-1508) after Nicolas Khyrpffs. The world map is one of only three 15th-century maps showing Portuguese knowledge of the Gulf of Guinea of about 1470. The map of Europe is closely associated with Nicolas of Cusa's Eichstatt map, with which it is thought to share a common manuscript source of c. 1439-54. It is therefore claimed to be the first modern map of this region to appear in print. Although published later than the map of Germany in the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy, it was constructed earlier (Campbell, The Earliest Printed Maps, 1472-1500, 1987). BMC II, 437; Schreiber 5203; Goff S-307; ISTC is00307000. Hartmann Schedel was a medical doctor, humanist and book collector. He earned a doctorate in medicine in Padua in 1466, then settled in Nuremberg to practice medicine and collect books. According to an inventory done in 1498, Schedel's personal library contained 370 manuscripts and 670 printed books. He compiled this elaborate history of the world from âthe first day of creationâ to his own time in an effort to correct what he felt was a slight to German history by other chroniclers. He divided his work into the usual six ages of the history of mankind, adding a seventh in which he foretold the coming of the Antichrist, the destruction of the world, and judgment day. The invention of printing is mentioned on verso of leaf CCLII: âborn in Germany⦠in the city near the Rhine [i.e. Mainz]⦠in the year 1440â; on verso of leaf CCXC is a brief account (not appearing in the subsequent German edition of the same year) of the âPortuguese voyage of discovery along the coast of Africa in 1483 [1484], under the direction of Diego Cam and Martin Behaim of Nuremberg, which has been used as a basis for the unwarranted theory that the expedition reached Americaâ (Sabin). The legacy of the volume rests on its illustrations. âThere are 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 different blocks. They picture the major events of the Old and New Testaments, episodes in the lives of many saints, portraits of prophets, kings, popes, heroes, and great men of all centuries, freaks of nature, and panoramic views of cities. Nuremberg artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff were responsible for the production of the book⦠The wood blocks were designed by the two masters and their assistants, including the young Albrecht Dürer, who was apprenticed to Wolgemut at the time. The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose illustrated books were famous throughout Europeâ (Legacies of Genius 5).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An original leaf from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum), written by Hartmann Schedel and published by Anton Koberger in 1493. This is Folio CCXXXV, and the complete English translation of both sides of the leaf can be provided upon request. Comes housed in a beautiful double-sided frame allowing safe viewing under glass of both sides of the leaf. Not examined outside of frame. Frame measures approximately 19" x 13.25". The entire verso is visible from the rear side of the frame and therefore the leaf itself measures approximately 16.5" x 11". A wonderful piece of printing history, would make an outstanding addition to any collection.

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages.

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages. There are 2 extra pictures availabe on request!

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages.

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages.

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages.

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages.

Condition: 8 (1-10). This is an old colored leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). It's one of the most famous and richly illustrated incunabula, or early printed works. It was created on commission and authored in Latin by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a physician and humanist from Nuremberg.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history of the seven ages the world has known (the seventh is yet to come), which were widely accepted in the Middle Ages. No of Bindings.

Woodcut on laid paper, 8 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches (212 x 233 mm), the full sheet. In excellent condition with text and portraits of Empedocles, Sapho, Zeuxis and others on the verso, as issued. Likely printed 18th century.