Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Dürer - The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - 1493

Original incunabulum leaf CXXVIII (128) from the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, the first Latin edition from 1493.

An incunabulum (cradle print) is a book printed in Europe before 1 January 1501, when the printing press was still in its infancy, and of which the text is set in movable type. They are now rarely seen on the market.

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel is one of the most famous and best illustrated incunabula. The beautiful woodcuts were made by Michael Wohlgemut (1434/37-1519) and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1450-1494), a teacher of Albrecht Dürer. Dürer probably also contributed to the execution of many of the woodcuts for this incunabulum.

The beautifully coloured woodcuts on the recto side show four beautiful illustrations.
1. Catherine, a very highly renowned Egyptian virgin. She is portrayed with the symbols of her martyrdom, the broken wheel and the sword.
2. Arnobius Africanus, a very celebrated philosopher and a well informed rhetorician.
3. Lactantius Firmianus, a very distinguished orator and philosopher
4. Eusebius, a bishop of the city of Caesarea, in Palestine.

On the verso side a lineage of popes is portrayed. This includes portraits of: Silvester, Marcus, Julius and Liberius.

This is not a facsimile edition, but an original leaf printed in the 15th century - so 532 years old!
Rare in coloured

Dimensions: 44 x 29,7 cm
Good condition, a few small tears in white margin.

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