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SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514). Liber Chronicarum, in German: Das Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten mit figuren und pildnussen. Translated from Latin by Georg Alt (c.1450-1510). Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23 December 1493.
Imperial 2° (423 x 282mm). Collation: [110, 26, 3-54, 6-96, 102, 114, 12-146, 152, 16-176, 18-234, 24-276, 282, 296, 304, 31-336, 342, 354, 36-506, 51-524, 53-566, 572] (1/1r title, verso blank, 1/2r table, 2/1r text, 56/6 blank, 57/1v-2r map of Europe, 57/2v colophon). 297 leaves (of 298, without blank 56/6, several leaves probably supplied). 59-64 lines and headline, table and parts of the text in two columns. Types: 24:111G (text), 9:165G (headlines). Woodcut calligraphic title, c.1809 woodcut illustrations from 645 blocks (Sidney Cockerell's count for the Latin edition) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including the young Albrecht Dürer. (Title cut down and mounted with a few letters reinforced, first 17 lvs with margins extended, 10/1.2 reinforced at hinge, 21/2 remargined with a little loss, 22/2.3 extended at margin, 38/3.4 extended at lower margin and with early inscription, some repaired tears, rarely with loss, final page soiled, map of Europe just shaved.) 19th-century half vellum, red edges (rubbed). Provenance: ?GPF monogram at end.
FIRST GERMAN EDITION of the Nuremberg Chronicle. The German edition is rarer than the Latin, with which it was planned simultaneously and which preceded it by about 5 months. It was printed in about half as many copies as the Latin (which had wider currency through Europe), and that ratio is reflected in survival rates of the two editions. The same woodcuts were used in both editions, with minor variations in the placement of the smaller cuts, and a slightly condensed text, primarily in the Europa section. A trial sheet discovered in the late 1990s showed that Koberger had first contemplated printing the German edition with his ninth German Bible type (cf. C. Reske, 'Eine neue Entdeckung zur Druckgeschichte der Schedelschen Weltchronik', Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1997, pp. 95-106). H *14510; BMC II, 437 (IC. 7458); CIBN S-163; BSB-Ink. S-197; Bod-Inc. S-110; Schreiber 5205; Klebs 890.1; Goff S-309.
Imperial 2° (423 x 282mm). Collation: [110, 26, 3-54, 6-96, 102, 114, 12-146, 152, 16-176, 18-234, 24-276, 282, 296, 304, 31-336, 342, 354, 36-506, 51-524, 53-566, 572] (1/1r title, verso blank, 1/2r table, 2/1r text, 56/6 blank, 57/1v-2r map of Europe, 57/2v colophon). 297 leaves (of 298, without blank 56/6, several leaves probably supplied). 59-64 lines and headline, table and parts of the text in two columns. Types: 24:111G (text), 9:165G (headlines). Woodcut calligraphic title, c.1809 woodcut illustrations from 645 blocks (Sidney Cockerell's count for the Latin edition) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including the young Albrecht Dürer. (Title cut down and mounted with a few letters reinforced, first 17 lvs with margins extended, 10/1.2 reinforced at hinge, 21/2 remargined with a little loss, 22/2.3 extended at margin, 38/3.4 extended at lower margin and with early inscription, some repaired tears, rarely with loss, final page soiled, map of Europe just shaved.) 19th-century half vellum, red edges (rubbed). Provenance: ?GPF monogram at end.
FIRST GERMAN EDITION of the Nuremberg Chronicle. The German edition is rarer than the Latin, with which it was planned simultaneously and which preceded it by about 5 months. It was printed in about half as many copies as the Latin (which had wider currency through Europe), and that ratio is reflected in survival rates of the two editions. The same woodcuts were used in both editions, with minor variations in the placement of the smaller cuts, and a slightly condensed text, primarily in the Europa section. A trial sheet discovered in the late 1990s showed that Koberger had first contemplated printing the German edition with his ninth German Bible type (cf. C. Reske, 'Eine neue Entdeckung zur Druckgeschichte der Schedelschen Weltchronik', Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1997, pp. 95-106). H *14510; BMC II, 437 (IC. 7458); CIBN S-163; BSB-Ink. S-197; Bod-Inc. S-110; Schreiber 5205; Klebs 890.1; Goff S-309.
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