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SCHEDEL, Hartmann(1440 Nuremberg - 1493 Nuremberg)
Original sheet from the Schedel's World Chronicle
Colored woodcut.
Sheet: 42.3 x 29.4 cm.
P. 85 (verso and recto) of the part "Quinta etas mundi" (5th World Age) from Hartmann Schedel's famous World Chronicle in Latin - the illustrated account of world history from the beginning of the world to 1492/1493, published in Nuremberg in 1493. It was divided into 7 world ages according to the tradition of medieval chronicles. The 656-page work contains more than 1800 woodcuts from the Nuremberg workshop of Michael Wolgemut (1434 - 1519). Somewhat foxing, edges grip- and crease-marked.
German physician, humanist and historian; his main work is the so-called Schedelsche Weltchronik.
Limit 110 €
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