Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Dürer – The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) – 1493

Original incunabulum leaf LXXVII (77) from the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, the first German edition from 1493.An incunabulum (cradle print) is a book printed in Europe before 1 January 1501, when the printing press was still in its infancy, and of which the text is set in movable type. They are now rarely seen on the market.The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel is one of the most famous and best illustrated incunabula. The beautiful woodcuts were made by Michael Wohlgemut (1434/37-1519) and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1450-1494), a teacher of Albrecht Dürer. Dürer probably also contributed to the execution of many of the woodcuts for this incunabulum.The recto is illustrated with portraits of Eliud, Antiochus Galereus, Josephus, Eleazar, Onias, Simon, Jason, Menelaus and Alcimus, together with a group portrait of the Seventy Translators of the Septuagint. The verso contains German text and a large woodcut view of the walled city of Alexandria.This is not a facsimile edition, but an original leaf printed in the 15th century - so 533 years old!Rare in coloured version.Dimensions: 43 x 29,5 cmGood condition, a small wormhole, old annotation.Attention for US buyers: Due to recent postal restrictions shipping to the US can... lees verder bij Catawiki