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Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493. . First edition; imperial folio (47.5 x 32 cm); 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 blocks (Cockerell's count) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including Albrecht Dürer, all in contemporary hand-colour, including 2 double-page maps depicting the world (Shirley 19) and Europe, 29 double-page views of towns, and 9 full-page illustrations, text in Latin, xylographic title, illuminated opening initial in blue modelled in white on gold ground within fictive frame, red capital strokes for first 20ff, a few early MS annotations in pen in Latin, MS note in pen to f.CLXXXIII verso bottom margin 'hac suitor recta priusquam tuor in suis coloribus justa inditium heraldii' ('see here the display of heraldry in their true colours before the court'), ffCCLVIII-CCLXI blank as issued but for heading and foliation, MS notes in pen in English to f.CCL recto, watermark 'P' to f.CCLXI, De…

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