![[SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514). Liber chronicarum, in German: Das Buch der Croniken. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23 December 1493]. 2° (388 x 273mm). 59-64 lines and headline, part of text in double column, 45 hand-coloured woodcut views only, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations (lacks everything before fol. xxxviii and after fol. CCL, also lacks a few leaves of text in between, many crude repairs anf leaves defective, 11 views defective, many headlines cropped or shaved, thumb-soiled). 19th-century cloth-backed boards (rubbed, cloth splitting).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CSK/2006_CSK_04075_0248_000(010812).jpg?w=1)
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[SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514). Liber chronicarum, in German: Das Buch der Croniken. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23 December 1493]. 2° (388 x 273mm). 59-64 lines and headline, part of text in double column, 45 hand-coloured woodcut views only, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations (lacks everything before fol. xxxviii and after fol. CCL, also lacks a few leaves of text in between, many crude repairs anf leaves defective, 11 views defective, many headlines cropped or shaved, thumb-soiled). 19th-century cloth-backed boards (rubbed, cloth splitting).
FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN IN NEAR CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING. The illustrations include views of Paris, Mainz, Padua, Rome, Genua, Verona, Florence, Lyon, Strassburg, Erfurt, Bamberg, Magdeburg, Ulm, Nice, Passau, and Munich. Goff S309. The lot sold not subject to return.
FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN IN NEAR CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING. The illustrations include views of Paris, Mainz, Padua, Rome, Genua, Verona, Florence, Lyon, Strassburg, Erfurt, Bamberg, Magdeburg, Ulm, Nice, Passau, and Munich. Goff S309. The lot sold not subject to return.
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