Das dritalter der werlt Blat XXX / Das drit alter der werlt Blat XXV

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: Tear on lower part perfectly restored, size (in cm): 38,5 x 52,5 cm cm; - Double sheet with family tree on the left, Balaam and the angel on the right. Back: Illustration shows how Moses received the Old Testment from God and the exodus from Egypt or Exodus. Drawn by Michael Wolgemut. Engraved by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DA0868_500

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Titel: Das dritalter der werlt Blat XXX / Das drit ...
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