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Edition : First Edition in Latin., 17th century full calf over wooden boards, rebacked in style, spine with seven raised bands, gilt roulette on the boards with spandrels in the corners, blind-stamped fillets with gilt spandrels in the corners and central gilt design. Boards stamped in gilt with the name of a previous owner, Pierre de Hacqueville (Contemporary binding or slightly later)., Nuremberg, Antoine Koberger pour Sebald Schreyer and Sebastien Kamermaister. This chronicle represents the history of the world illustrated and divided into seven ages, from creation to 1490, the Last Judgement being the seventh age. Published in 1493 by Anton Koberger, one of the great printers of the time, the Nuremberg Chronicle is the work of the German humanist and physician from Nuremberg Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), who drew his historical and geographical sources from his extensive library, one of the largest book collections of the 15th century. Among the designers and engravers of the woodcuts were the famous Michael Wolgemut (1434-1519), master of Albrecht Dürer, and his son-in-law Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1460 – 1494). The chronicle contains 1,800 figures from 645 different woodcuts, spread over most of the folios, some of them very large, with various motifs, including numerous biblical scenes, representations of cities or groups of monuments, figurative genealogical tables, etc. One of the most extraordinary works ever produced (The World encompassed). Provenance: illegible handwritten bookplate on title page. "Pierre de Hacqueville" (on the boards) Pierre de Hacqueville, King's Councillor, Corrector of the Chambre des Comptes – Pierre de Hacqueville, Lord of Pomponne, Grand Master of the Waters & Forests of Brittany, late 16th-early 17th century. Size : Folio (45 x 31 cm), The most lavishly illustrated incunabulum known as the "Nuremberg Chronicle". (20) ff., I-CCLVIIII, CCLXII-CCLXVI, (5) ff.n.ch., CCLXVII-[CCC] 17th century calf, rebacked in style, Blank leaves CCLX and CCLXI missing. The 5 unnumbered leaves "De Sarmacia regione" are bound between ff. CCLXVI and CCLXVII but without the unnumbered blank leaf. Handwritten inscriptions in ink on the title - handwritten annotations to some ff., some ff. restored, some light spotting and staining, last map restored. Generally very good.

The Liber Chronicarum, also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle, is a historical book written by Hartmann Schedel and published in 1493, detailing world history.