City view VENICE Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 - Liber chronicarum Schedel woodcut

Description

You are bidding on:
Liber Chronicarum - Chronicle of the World - Nuremberg Chronicle
Double sided, colored  city-view of
VENICE
Schedel Weltchronik - Liber Chronicarum - Nuremberg Chronicle 1493
latin edition!
1. Description:
Original sheet XLIIII (44) panorama view of Venice, woodcut, old colored, from the Latin edition of Schedel'sche Weltchronik, published on July 12, 1493. Edited by the famous Nuremberg humanist and historian Hartmann Schedel. Printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg. With more than 1800 woodcuts, the Schedel Chronik is an important testimony to German book printing art of the late Middle Ages. The woodcuts are made by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
Double-sided and colored city view of Venice from the Schedel Weltchronik (also called Liber Chronicarum, Nuremberg Chronicle, Chronicle of the World), sheet XLIIII, latin edition. Back: Colored city view of Padua 22.5cm x 19.5cm and latin text.
Woodcut: 52cm x 19cm
Sheet size: 56.5cm x 42cm
2. Condition:
For a 520 year old, original woodcut view, this sheet is in good to very good overall condition! Lower edge of sheet waterstained; lower right edge with a small defect. Slightling browned according to age.  The centerfold shows a few small, lost and restored parts, which result from the former book binding (see photo). Beautiful  old colored and absolutely decorative!
3. Explanation:
The sheet offered here is an original from the incunabula period and is over 500 years old. It's free of third-party rights at the time of sale.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask for further information...
Please take a look at my other auctions here at Ebay and visit my Shop.
Online-Antiquariat Thomas Kern