Item #21681 Verona, Italy in the Liber chronicarum- Nuremberg Chronicle, an individual page from the Chronicle featuring Verona, and the Beginning of the Kingdom of the Persians, Plate No. LXVIII. Hartmann Schedel, Michel Wolgemuth, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, ills.

Verona, Italy in the Liber chronicarum- Nuremberg Chronicle, an individual page from the Chronicle featuring Verona, and the Beginning of the Kingdom of the Persians, Plate No. LXVIII.

Germany: Anton Koberger, ca 1460-1494. First edition. This work by Schedel [1440-1514] is an illustrated world history which is based on the Bible, which follows the story of human history related in the Bible and includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel it appeared in 1493. It is a well documented incunabulum, one of the first to successfully combine illustrations and text.

This epic history divides human history into 7 ages. Published and printed by Anton Koberger, the godfather of Albrecht Durer and the most successful German publisher of his day. The woodcut illustrations were made in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut [1434 - 1519], with an unpredcedented number of 1,809 illustrations. These woodblocks include views of cities and towns, battles, kings, and saints. Some images represent actual cities, and other images are purely imaginative.

The history of Verona with an image of a grand walled city. On the verso: the history of Persia starting with Cyrus the first King of Persia, and two images of Anaximander, and Anaximenes from the Ionian school of philosophers. Approximately 12 x 17 1/4", b & w, very clean. Very good condition. Item #21681

Price: $425.00