1st Edition Folio w/ Woodcut: The NUREMBERG CHRONICLE

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A leaf from Hartman, Scheel, das Buch Der Chroniken und Geschichten, Nuremberg July 12, 1493. This was the most ambitious project undertaken by Koberger. Deposited in the archives in Nuremberg and dated 1491, a contract between the artists and the patrons reveals many details about the nterprise. the project was apparently spearheaded by Wolgemuth and Pleydenwurff, who undertook to produce a new book of illustrated chronicles and to share in the profits. They found wealthy financial backers, Schreyer and Kamermaister, who assumed the entire risk. Work on two editions, Latin and German, proceeded simultaneously, with the Latin edition appearing July 12, 1493, and the German edition on December 23, 1493. The text, compiled by Hartman Schedel for the Latin edition and translated by Georg Alt for the German edition, consisted of a world chronicle of the history of six eras. The Chronicle begins with the creation of the world (illustrated with a spectacular series of woodcuts of the days of creation), and it ends with the events of the sixth era, which include the time from the advent of Christ to the coronation of Maximilian as the Holy Roman Emperor, an even that took place only a few months before the completion of the Chronicle. The text of the German edition is considerably curtailed after F. cclviii. The illustrations include a read more

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