SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. Imperial 2o. Collation: [1-26 38 46 5-74 8-116 122 134 14-166 172 18-196 20-254 26-296 302 316 324 33-356 362 374 38-616]. 322 leaves (of 328, without xylographic title 1/1, first leaf of text 1/2, fol. 298 [all supplied in manuscript facsimile] and 3 blank leaves at end). 2- and 3-line pearled Lombard initials, 645 woodcuts repeated to a total of 1809 illustrations (Sydney Cockerell's count), including double-page maps of the world (Shirley 19) and Euorpe, 29 town views extending across two pages, and 8 full-page cuts, by Michael Wohlgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Albrecht Drer and their workshops, spaces for larger initials. (Lacks first two leaves, fol. 298 [all supplied in manuscript facsimile], and 3 blank leaves at end, approx. 6 leaves supplied from other copy, approx. 8 leaves repaired, some text affected [including map of Europe, with tiny portion supplied in manuscript facsimile], a few woodcut illustrations colored, some early marginalia). Modern calf, tooled in gilt, g.e. FIRST EDITION, of the Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century and a masterpiece of complex design. HC14508*; BMC II, 437; Schreiber 5203; Alden 493/21; Shirley 19; Goff S-307.

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SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. Imperial 2o. Collation: [1-26 38 46 5-74 8-116 122 134 14-166 172 18-196 20-254 26-296 302 316 324 33-356 362 374 38-616]. 322 leaves (of 328, without xylographic title 1/1, first leaf of text 1/2, fol. 298 [all supplied in manuscript facsimile] and 3 blank leaves at end). 2- and 3-line pearled Lombard initials, 645 woodcuts repeated to a total of 1809 illustrations (Sydney Cockerell's count), including double-page maps of the world (Shirley 19) and Euorpe, 29 town views extending across two pages, and 8 full-page cuts, by Michael Wohlgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Albrecht Drer and their workshops, spaces for larger initials. (Lacks first two leaves, fol. 298 [all supplied in manuscript facsimile], and 3 blank leaves at end, approx. 6 leaves supplied from other copy, approx. 8 leaves repaired, some text affected [including map of Europe, with tiny portion supplied in manuscript facsimile], a few woodcut illustrations colored, some early marginalia). Modern calf, tooled in gilt, g.e. FIRST EDITION, of the Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century and a masterpiece of complex design. HC14508*; BMC II, 437; Schreiber 5203; Alden 493/21; Shirley 19; Goff S-307.

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Early ownership inscription on title.