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Chronicle of the world. The complete and annotated Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493

Door Hartmann Schedel

Categorie
Boekdrukkunst & Boeken
Boeknummer
#392442-MD12
Titel
Chronicle of the world. The complete and annotated Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493
Auteur
Schedel, Hartmann
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Köln, Taschen
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
3822812951
ISBN13
9783822812952
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrations mostly in colour, large 4to.
Samenvatting
In 1493 the most elaborately illustrated book then printed in Europe, the Liber Chronicarum or Weltchronik appeared in print. This major work, by the Nuremberg doctor Hartmann Schedel, generally known as the Nuremberg Chronicle was printed by the foremost printer of the day in Nuremberg, Anton Koberger. It is a history of the world from the Creation to his own day and is remarkable for its illustrations, its graphic design and for its woodcuts and description of cities. The woodcut illustrations include events from the Bible, pictures of human monstrosities, portraits of Kings, Queens, saints and martyrs, and allegorical pictures of miracles. The maps and views, are all by or after the celebrated artists Michael Wohlgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and are amongst the earliest printed repres... (Lees verder)entations of towns and cities available to us today.
Pagina's
680
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 150,00

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