Hartmann Schedel - De Kroniek van Neurenberg - Pausen Bonifatius VIII & Benedictus XI, Celestijnen - sexta etas mundi - 1497
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This Latin incunabulum leaf from Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, printed by Johann Schönsperger in 1497, features hand-coloured woodcuts and medallion portraits of Popes Boniface VIII and Benedict XI.
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This original incunabulum leaf (hand-printed) comes from the rare, reduced Latin edition of the famous Chronicle of Nuremberg, printed on February 1, 1497 by Johann Schönsperger in Augsburg [Liber chronicarum, Schedel]. It concerns the complete leaf Folium CCXLVI with a total paper size of about 30 x 19 cm. The text covers a portion of the Sixth Age of the World ("Sexta etas mundi"). The front shows the historical fall and destruction of the Crusader city Tripoli, illustrated with two hand-colored woodcuts depicting the early monastery complexes of the Celestines ("Ordo celestinorum") and the Servites of Mary. The back (verso) contains the continuation of the line of popes ("Linea summorum pontificum") and is adorned with two hand-colored medallion portraits of Pope Boniface VIII and Pope Benedict XI (the text also mentions Pope Nicholas IV). The leaf is in good authentic condition with light signs of aging and is offered without reserve price.
Watermark visible (when held to the light) of the South German Reichsadler, consisting of a circle with a cross crowned by a star-shaped X sign
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This original incunabulum leaf (hand-printed) comes from the rare, reduced Latin edition of the famous Chronicle of Nuremberg, printed on February 1, 1497 by Johann Schönsperger in Augsburg [Liber chronicarum, Schedel]. It concerns the complete leaf Folium CCXLVI with a total paper size of about 30 x 19 cm. The text covers a portion of the Sixth Age of the World ("Sexta etas mundi"). The front shows the historical fall and destruction of the Crusader city Tripoli, illustrated with two hand-colored woodcuts depicting the early monastery complexes of the Celestines ("Ordo celestinorum") and the Servites of Mary. The back (verso) contains the continuation of the line of popes ("Linea summorum pontificum") and is adorned with two hand-colored medallion portraits of Pope Boniface VIII and Pope Benedict XI (the text also mentions Pope Nicholas IV). The leaf is in good authentic condition with light signs of aging and is offered without reserve price.
Watermark visible (when held to the light) of the South German Reichsadler, consisting of a circle with a cross crowned by a star-shaped X sign
Shipped as a registered parcel
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
History, Illustrated, Incunabula & early printing
Book title
De Kroniek van Neurenberg - Pausen Bonifatius VIII & Benedictus XI, Celestijnen - sexta etas mundi
Author/ Illustrator
Hartmann Schedel
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1497
Height
30 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
19 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Johann Schönsperger
Extras
Hand coloured illustrations
Number of pages
2
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