Schedel, Hartmann
Meintz (Mainz)
Eigenschaften
- Published: Augsburg
- Published date: 1500
- Technique: Woodcut, colored, on the full textsheet.
- Issue date: 1500
- Type: map
- Category: Incunabula city view of Mainz by Hartmann Schedel
- Size: 23.5 x 15 cm (9.25 x 6 inches).
- Stock number: 33400
- Condition: In excellent condition.
Article description
Article description
Woodcut published in the so-called pirate edition of the,small Schedel' in Augsburg, 1497-1500. German text edition. Originally the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel was published 1493 in Nürnberg. The Latin edition was in July 1493, followed by the German edition in December 1493. After the great success of this first illustrated description of the world, Johann Schönsperger published February 1st, 1497 in Augsburg a pirate edition of the Nuremberg chronicle. A Latin edition 1497 and a German edition in 1500. It was also illustrated with approximately 1800 woodcuts in text after M. Wolgemut and W. Pleydenwurff. The size of this pirate edition was reduced to approximately 2/3 of its original size.
You might also be interested in the following products
Hassia Landgraviatus Original antique copper engraving, uncolored. A fine copy in a dark impression, full margins as published. Engraved...
€145.00
Nassovia Comitatus. Original antique copper engraving, uncolored. A fine copy in a dark impression, full margins as published. A fine...
€145.00
Waldeck Comitatus. Original antique copper engraving, uncolored. A fine copy in a dark impression, full margins as published. Nice...
€145.00
Li Circoli dell... Copper engraving, in contemporary original color in outline. Published in Zatta's "Atlante Novissimo".
€85.00
Recently viewed products