Liber chronicarum (Schedel's world chronicle or Nuremberg chronicle).

Hartmannus SCHEDEL (Author)

Anton Koberger (Printer)

Origin: Nuremberg, XV c.
Biblioteca Nacional de España. Coedition.

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Inc/750
Facsimile. Incunabula. Collection of Incunabula and Old Books.
84-87988-18-0

978-84-87988-18-9
Folio
29 x 44 cm.
326+4 crd.
652+8 crd.
Latin.
12th July 1493.
24th October 1994.
3160+80+50+30
Parchment on wooden board.
History.
Presentation dust jacket cloth lined with gold engraved leather spine containing facsimile.
Numbered by notary and signed by the printer-publisher.
Specially made laid paper.
Optional: Study in Spanish conducted by Dietrich Briesemeister (Director of the Ibero-American Institute Prussian, Heritage Cultural Foundation Berlin). Included in Bibliofilia Antigua II.
Gothic lettering. 1.821 drawings.

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The most illustrated incunabula in the world, with 1.821 engravings. With its 645 wooden carvings (xylographs) which represent 596 portraits of Popes, Emperors, Kings and famous men. With a total of 1.821 engravings, the majority of them cover the 620 pages in folio size, which represent the "chronicle of the world" from creation to the end of the XV century.

This superb incunabula is illustrated with numerous panoramic views of cities and biblical scenes. Perhaps drawn by Durero, related to Koberger.

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AC History of art / art & design styles
ACN History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600
ACND Renaissance art
AFF Drawing & drawings
AFH Prints & printmaking
AFJ Other graphic art forms
AFT Decorative arts
AGH Human figures depicted in art
AGR Religious subjects depicted in art
DNF Literary essays
DSBB Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
HBG General & world history
HBJD European history
HBLA1 Classical history / classical civilisation
HBLC Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
HBLC1 Medieval history
HBTG Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours
WCS Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter

1D Europe
1DFG Germany
2ADL Latin