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[Incunabula, Nuremberg Chronicle, Venice, Venezia, Schedel

A SINGLE HAND-COLOURED BIFOLIUM FROM THE FAMED NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, showing the full view of VENICE, Leaves XLIII and XLIIII

Anton Koberger, for Sebald Screyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493

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Year of publication
1493
Place of printing
[Nuremberg
Author
[Incunabula, Nuremberg Chronicle, Venice, Venezia, Schedel
Publishers
Anton Koberger, for Sebald Screyer and Sebastian Kammermeister
Edition
FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, ARGUABLY THE
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

First Edition with the Latin text, the bifolium with fine hand-colouring to the Venice view. This is one of the large, double-page city-view woodcuts from the workshop of Mighael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff beneith 24 lines of text. The view of Venice was adapted from the 1486 woodcut by Erhard Reuwich in the Sanctae Perigrinationes. It is handsomely and finely handcoloured in blues, greens, yellows, reds, grays, etc. Double-page folio ( ca. 540 x 364 mm ), handsomely mounted, framed and glazed. Leaves XLIII and XLIIII. In fine condition and very well preserved and presented.