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Bifolium from circa 1493 "Nuremberg Chronicle" with Hand Colored Woodcuts
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | [ Liber Chronicarum (Hartmann Schedel) popularly known as the Nuremberg Chronicle ] |
| Illustrator | Michael Wolgemut; Wilhelm Pleydenwurff |
| Type of Illustration | Hand-colored woodcuts |
| Binding | Bifolium |
| Publisher or Printer | [Anton Koberger ] |
| Publication Year | Undated, circa 1493 |
| Place of Publication | [ Nuremberg ] |
| Religion or Sect | Catholicism |
| Language | Latin |
| Number of Books | 3 |
| Additional Information | Non consecutive incunable leaves. Sexta Etas Mundi, Folium CLXXVI recto and verso features lightly hand-colored portraits of kings and popes. Sexta Etas Mundi, Folium CLXXVIII verso shows portraits of popes; Quinta Etas Mundi, Folium LXXXIII recto features hand-colored double portraits of participants in the Council of Rome, verso shows portraits of Syrian kings and popes. |
Condition
- edge wear, toning, foxing, and discoloration to sheets.
Dimensions
12.5" W x 127.5" H x 0.1" D
Item #
ITMG250385
