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Folio Illustrated Leaf from 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 large number of scriptural subjects, genealogical trees and portraits, and maps and views of towns. Although many of the twon views are not specific, this category of illustrations in the Chronicle is extremely important because of the evidence it provides about early topography. Of considerable importance as well is the evidence that the book supplies for the working methods of illustrators, since many of Wolgemuth's preparatory drawings surviv, for example, the design of the frontispiece of the Chronicle dated 1490 and now in the British Museum. First editions of the Nuremberg Chronicle are reputed to have had a huge sale and to have been enormously popular. Even so, in 1509, a final accounting of the Chronicle shows unsold copies in Paris, Milan, Strasbourg, Como, Florence, Venice, Augsburg, Leipzig, Prague, Graz & Budapest. ANTON KOBERGER, PRINTER - PUBLISHER. He entered the printing trade in 1470, when he leased three buildings for his activities. By 1489, he had added two buildings and established a second printing house in Nuremberg, the imperial city of Germany. At the height of his career he operated 24 printing presses and employed more than 100 operatives. The catalogue of the production of his firm from 1473 - 1513 enumerates more than 200 titles, many of them produced in large folio editions. Size: 405 x 275 mm Some periodic stains, but no page loss in Very Good Antiquariat Condition. If you want any order sent to you BY CHRISTMAS Payment deadline to ensure proper handling time. UNITED STATES orders must be paid ON or BY: Sunday, December 17th INTERNATIONAL (including Canada & Mexico), orders must be paid ON or BY: Sunday December 3rd
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