Lot 2
Schedel (Hartmann) [Four leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle], [Nuremberg], [Anton Koberger], 1493.
Hammer Price: £260
Description
Schedel (Hartmann) [Four leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle], namely fol. XXIIII, XL, CXXII, CCLXXVII, woodcut portraits and views, all but the second f. with later hand-colouring, fol. XL lower inner corner torn and repaired (affecting woodcuts) and with marginal water-staining and a couple of small chips, other ff. ?washed, all ff. lightly browned, modern grey ornately blind-stamped calf, folio (c.437 x 295mm.), [Nuremberg], [Anton Koberger], [1493].
⁂ Views include Babylon.
Literature: cf. BMC II, 437; Goff S-307; Bod-inc. S-108; BSB-Ink. S-195; & ISTC is00307000.
Description
Schedel (Hartmann) [Four leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle], namely fol. XXIIII, XL, CXXII, CCLXXVII, woodcut portraits and views, all but the second f. with later hand-colouring, fol. XL lower inner corner torn and repaired (affecting woodcuts) and with marginal water-staining and a couple of small chips, other ff. ?washed, all ff. lightly browned, modern grey ornately blind-stamped calf, folio (c.437 x 295mm.), [Nuremberg], [Anton Koberger], [1493].
⁂ Views include Babylon.
Literature: cf. BMC II, 437; Goff S-307; Bod-inc. S-108; BSB-Ink. S-195; & ISTC is00307000.