Schedel. Chronicle of the World - 1493 by Füssel, Stephan

Schedel. Chronicle of the World - 1493

Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, or Chronicle of the World (better known today as the Nuremberg Chronicle, after the...
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Author: Stephan Füssel
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Language: English
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Schedel. Chronicle of the World - 1493 by Füssel, Stephan

Schedel. Chronicle of the World - 1493

$122.11

Schedel. Chronicle of the World - 1493

$122.11
Author: Stephan Füssel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, or Chronicle of the World (better known today as the Nuremberg Chronicle, after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic work and, at the time, the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe.

Both a historical reference work and a contemporary inventory of urban culture at the end of the 15th century, the Chronicle was to have a remarkable influence on the cultural, ecclesiastical, and intellectual history of the Middle Ages. It was particularly notable for its vast quantity of woodcut illustrations (more than 1,800) depicting events from the Bible, human monstrosities, portraits of kings, queens, saints and martyrs, and allegorical pictures of miracles, as well as views of a great number of "modern" cities, many of which had never been documented before.

Today, copies of the Chronicle sell for up to 800,000 dollars; we've procured a rare hand-colored copy, true to the original in every respect, and created a complete facsimile of utmost quality. In case you don't read Early Modern High German, the comprehensive booklet, with summaries of the book's main stories, provides a user-friendly way to explore this amazing historical masterpiece.



Author: Stephan Füssel
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 07/12/2013
Pages: 684
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 7.30lbs
Size: 12.06h x 8.63w x 2.62d
ISBN: 9783836544498

About the Author
The author:
Stephan Fussel is director of the Institute for Book Sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, and holder of the Gutenberg Chair at the same university. He has published prolifically on the early days of printing, the sale and publication of books between the 18th and 20th centuries, and the future of communications.


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