Schedel, Hartmann

Folio (16 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.; 320 x 290 mm), collation: [1–2^{6 38 46 5–74 8–116 122 134 14–166 172 18–196 20–254 26–296 302 316 324 33–356 362 374 38–606 614] = 326 (of 328, lacking 2 final blank) leaves, types: 9:165G (headlines and headings), 16:110bG (text), 64 lines and headline, xylographic title-page, 1,809 woodcut views and illustrations from 645 blocks by Michael Wohlgemuth and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, index rubricated with 7-line and smaller initials and line highlights; title-page remargined and laid down on linen, leaf [2] repaired in lower outer corner affecting a few letters of the index, leaves [3–4] strengthened in fore-margin, first few leaves somewhat soiled with a few spots, some worm punctures in last few quires, heavier in the last two leaves (double-page map of northern Europe), occasional light browning and staining. Modern three-quarter morocco gilt, gilt-stamped title on spine, red edges.}

Ghislieri, marchese & senatore (ms. exlibris on title)

 BMC II, 437; Goff S-307; HC 14508;  Polain(B) 3469; Schramm XVII, 6-7, 9; Schreiber 5203;  Cf. A. Wilson, The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1976)

First edition, the most elaborately illustrated book of the fifteenth century.  Albrecht Dürer was an apprentice to Wolgemuth, one of the chief artists for the book, from 1486 to 1489 and almost certainly involved in the production of the woodcuts. The work was published in both Latin and German editions (of c. 2,000 copies each, the German edition appearing some five months after the Latin), and it enjoyed swift success, engendering a number of pirated editions.