SCHEDEL HARTMANN
Madeburga
Date: Nuremberg,1493
Magdeburg
P1080056
Subject: Magdeburg
800,00 €
Woodcut, mm 193x518 (sheet 440x596), verso with latin text and nine little woodcuts including “Otto primus imperator”. A good example with usual restorations at center.
From “Liber Chronicarum”, a milestone of illustrated travel-books and one of the most famous books of the 15th century. The engravings are all by Michael Wohlgemuth, teacher of Albrecht Duerer. his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and some are attributed to Duerer when he was young.
The views from “Liber Chronicarum” or “Nuremberg Chronicle” as it is commonly referred to, are among the earliest realistic obtainable views in the market.
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