Schedel, Hartmann

Imperial folio (17 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.; 444 x 310 mm). [325] leaves; lacking final blank leaf. Xylographic title-page and, according to Sidney Cockerell's traditional count, 1,809 woodcut illustrations, town views and maps (some full-page or double-page, of which 1,164 are repeats) by Michael Wohlgemuth and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, some contemporary sidenotes or captions identifying cities; clean marginal tears mended in leaves 12, 56, & 291, small marginal smudges and spots, light browning within text block in leaves 172-182, 217, 250, dampstain in lower outer corner of last sixteen leaves, a few tiny mends at lower edge of last leaf. Contemporary German dyed-brown pigskin blind-tooled in a panel design with three frames filled with floral and scrollwork roll-tools, central panel with floral stamps; edges sprinkled blue, neatly mounted on later boards, later spine worn, head and foot of spine chipped, corners mended, worn.

Johan Divel (inscription on title dated 1547 recording gift from the estate of Herwart ? of the canons of St. Blasius in Brunschweig) — small library stamp with crown and phrase "Karl ProPr" on title.

H 14508; Goff S307; BMC II:437; ISTC is00307000; BSB-Ink S195

clean marginal tears mended in leaves 12, 56, & 291, small marginal smudges and spots, light browning within text block in leaves 172-182, 217, 250, dampstain in lower outer corner of last 16 leaves, a few tiny mends at lower edge of last leaf. Contemporary German dyed-brown pigskin blind-tooled in a panel design with three frames filled with floral and scrollwork roll-tools, central panel with floral stamps; edges sprinkled blue, mounted on later boards, later spine worn, head and foot of spine chipped, corners mended, worn.
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First edition. A history of the world from the Creation to the author's own time, the Chronicle is remarkable for its illustrations, its graphic designs, its printing and for its description of cities. There are one hundred and two early views of towns and cities, thirty-two of which are among the first authentic panoramas ever made. It also includes the famous early map of Europe (by Hieronymus Muenzer after Nicolas Cusa) and a Ptolemaic world map (Shirley 19). The many woodcut illustrations includes portraits of kings, queens, saints and martyrs, with allegorical pictures of miracles.