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Schedel, Hartmann
Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Schedel, Hartmann
- Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493
- Paper
Imperial folio (457 x 315mm.), 325 leaves (of 326), [*, **6 ***8; a6 b-d4 e-h6 i2 k4 l-n6 o2 p-q6 r-y4 z6 aa-cc6 dd2 ee6 ff4 gg-ii6 kk2 ll4 mm-zz A-K6 L6-2 M6], final quire bound between folios CCLXVI and CCLXVII, 65 lines plus headline, gothic type, xylographic title-page, 4- to 14-line initial spaces, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout by Wolgemuth, Pleydenwurff and Dürer, including portraits, maps and town views, a few early annotations on fol. VI, early sixteenth-century blind-tooled calf over bevelled wooden boards, central panel tooled in a diaper pattern with pineapple stamps in compartments, outer borders of leafy sticks in two sizes, two clasps, metal edge-pieces, lacking one leaf (fol. CLIX, kk1), folios IX and CCLXV supplied from another copy (slightly shorter with red initial strokes and slightly stained), rebacked and sections of binding repaired and tooled in period style
Literature
Goff S307; HC 14508; BMC ii 437; Bod-inc S-108; GW M40784
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A tall copy of the most rich and diversely illustrated incunable. The publication of Schedel's lavish if derivative history was financed by two wealthy Nuremberg merchants, Schreyer and Kammermeister, with illustrations by the best artists of the day and produced by the most technically-assured Nuremberg publisher, Koberger, with an impressive mise-en-page designed by the artists themselves. The financial success at the time was somewhat more limited, though the impressive survival of copies attests to the ambition of the Nuremberg mercantile elite to place their town at the centre of world history.