SCHEDEL, HARTMANNUS

Liber chronicarum.

SCHEDEL, HARTMANNUS.

Liber chronicarum. Printer: Anton Koberger. Nuremberg, 12th July 1493. Size: 29 x 43 cm. 326 leaves (652 pages). Gothic lettering.

The most illustrated incunabulum in the world, with 1.821 drawings. With its 645 wooden carvings (xylographs) which represent 596 portraits of Popes, Emperors, Kings and famous men. With a total of 1.821 drawings, the majority of them covering the 620 pages in folio size, which represent the "chronicle of the world" from creation to the end of the XV century.

This superb incunabulum is illustrated with numerous panoramic views of cities and biblical scenes. Perhaps drawn by Durero, related to Koberger.

-Our edition: Valencia, 1994. Coedited with the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid.

-Edition of 3.000 copies, numbered and signed by notary and with the signature of the printer-publisher.

-Binding: Parchment on wooden board.

-Presentation case cloth lined with gold engraved leather spine containing facsimile and study in Spanish.

-Specially made laid paper.

-Study in Spanish conducted by Dietrich Briesemeister (Director of the Ibero-American Institute Prussian, Heritage Cultural Foundation Berlin). Included in Bibliofilia Antigua II.