Allemagne

1493 · 0005337 — Nuremberg Germany: Anton Koberger 1493. First edition. Very Good. Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Folio conjoined leaves measuring approximately 455mm by 320mm very minor breaks at fold minor soiling matted but not glazed or framed. <br/><br/>LIBER CHRONICARUM is the most famous travel book of the 15th century and the most exhaustively illustrated book of the incunable era. The complete work contains 1809 woodcuts of which only 29 are double-page town views:: these conjoined leaves is one of those 29 town views specifically "Colonia" i.e. Cologne Germany. The verso of leaf XCI is a half-page view of "Augusta" i.e. Augsburg Germany with descriptive text. Also smaller portraits of historical personages including Cleopatra Alexander the Great Herodias L. Pomponius Leoneus and M. Agrippa. et alios Notes: this is from the Latin edition. The German-language edition DAS BUCH DER CHRONIKEN has different woodblock portraits for Pomponius Leoneus and Agrippa. Also the view of Augsburg is only the left half of the scene which is one of the double-page views. Goff S-307; Hain - Cop 14508x; Klebs 889.1; Oates 1026; Procter 2084; BMC II 437 . Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Anton Koberger unknown