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| Shelved: | ff IG4.N8K6.1493s Vault | ||
| Author: | Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514. Liber chronicarum. Latin | ||
| Title: | Registrum huius operis Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ymagibus ab initio mu[n]di. | ||
| Imprint: | Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493. | ||
| Collation: | 20 p. l., CCXCIX numb l., [12] p. woodcuts: illus., maps. 51 x 35 cm. (fol.) | ||
| General Notes: | 1 p. l.: Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mu[n]di. 2 p. l.: Tabula operis hui[us] de temporibus mundi. vt historia reru[mque] ceteraru[m] ac vrbiu[m] in se sparsim varieq[ue] scripta ... Leaf I: Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m]. de mu[n]di fabrica. Prologue ... First colophon (1. CCLXVI): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium felix impomitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartmani Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno xpi Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo tercio. die quarto mensis Junij ... Second colophon (p. [2] at end): ... Ad intuitu Autem preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele Wolgemut et Wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animadversione tum civitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno saltus nre 1493. Gothic type. Spaces planned for the insertion of illuminated initials left blank. The first colophon marks the completion of the work of H. Schedel; George Alt being the author of the final thirty-four leaves of text. Illus. by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. | ||
| References: | Hain. Repertorium (with Copinger's Supplement) *14508; Brit. Mus. Cat. (XV cent.) II, p. 437 (IC. 7451); Schramm. Bilderschmuck d. Fruhdr., v. 17, p.6, 9, and illus.; Polain. Cat. de Belgique, 3469 | ||
| Goff Number: | S-307 | ||
| Association: | Copy 2: Bookplate of James K. Moffitt. Copy 3: From the John Henry Nash library | ||
| Copy Notes: | Copy 1: Contemporary binding of blind-stamped calf over wooden boards. Includes the account and cut of "Papess Joan" and the blank leaves numbered CCLVIIII-CCLXI; lacks only the two blank leaves after the second colophon. Copy 2: Bound in blind-stamped polished brown calf. Copy 3: Bound in old vellum over boards. Leaf: leaf 120 only. | ||