Sexta etas Mundi

Schedel Hartman ( 1440 - 1515 ) Nuremberg

Verlag: Artist: Schedel Hartman ( - 1515 ) Nuremberg issued in: Nuremberg; - Hartmann Schedel (1440 -1515) settled in Nuremberg 1484 He published the famous Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 Schedel's library has been sold in 1552 to Hans Jacob Fugger Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle must have been one of the most popular of incunables judging by the number of surviving copies Some 800 copies of the Latin edition have been traced and 400 of the German This is not surprising considering that this compilation of sacred and profaned history was the most elaborate printed book of its time illustrated with more than 1800 woodcuts Among these were a number of double-page city views a folding map of the world and another of northern and central Europe The text is an, 1440

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 38 x 22,5 cm; - Representation of different kings and the pope with his bishops/ Reverse shows differnet saints, Latin text. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DMS0388_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sexta etas Mundi
Verlag: Artist: Schedel Hartman ( - 1515 ) Nuremberg issued in: Nuremberg; - Hartmann Schedel (1440 -1515) settled in Nuremberg 1484 He published the famous Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 Schedel's library has been sold in 1552 to Hans Jacob Fugger Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle must have been one of the most popular of incunables judging by the number of surviving copies Some 800 copies of the Latin edition have been traced and 400 of the German This is not surprising considering that this compilation of sacred and profaned history was the most elaborate printed book of its time illustrated with more than 1800 woodcuts Among these were a number of double-page city views a folding map of the world and another of northern and central Europe The text is an
Erscheinungsdatum: 1440