Antique map of Nürnberg by Schedel H. 1493
Nuremberga
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Germany
Woodcut
Size: 34 x 52cm (13 x 20 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Repaired at centrefold.
From: Liber Chronicarum. (= Nuremberg Chronicle). Nuremberg, Koberger, 1493.
The Nuremberg Chronicle was one of the most remarkable books of its time. Hartmann Schedel, a physician of Nuremberg, was the editor-in-chief; the printer was Anton Koberger, and among the designers the most famous were Michael Wolgemut and Hanns Pleydenwurff, masters of the Nuremberg workshop where Albrecht Dürer served his apprenticeship.
The first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle in July 1493 was in Latin and there was a reprint with German text in December of the same year.
Dr. Peter Zahn's accounting indicates that there were probably 1500 Latin and 1000 German copies printed, or 2500 in all.