This sumptuous work is the result of the largest publishing company in the history of the press in the age of incunabula. Output from the printing presses Koberger in July 1493 in Latin under the title Liber chronicarum, was reprinted in December of the same year in German under the title Weltchronik, then widely known and sought after in Italy and in Europe as the Nuremberg Chronicles. The Nuremberg Chronicle facsimile editions preserve this monumental achievement of early printing, making Schedel's masterwork accessible to modern collectors and scholars.
Nuremberg Chronicle: Hartmann Schedel's Illustrated World History Masterpiece
Author was Hartmann Schedel, a famous German humanist, who, with the publisher and sponsors, created a pool of scholars, illustrators (including the young Albrecht Dürer), pressmen and bookbinders to equip the German and European culture of an encyclopedia on history of the world from the Creation until the eve of the discovery of America. The Liber Chronicarum Hartmann Schedel represents a collaborative effort that brought together the finest craftsmen of Renaissance Nuremberg, including illustrators who would shape the future of book publishing.
Nuremberg Chronicle Illustrations: Hand-Colored Woodcuts and City Views
The Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg Chronicle contains 1,809 woodcut illustrations (including 645 from original timbers) entirely hand colored, as was required for the most luxurious pieces intended for princely libraries. The mapping system is one of the most important features: all the then known world is represented with more or less fantasy. Stand for truth, however, large plants topographical area of the city of Franco-German and Italian cities most important and famous: Rome, Venice, Florence and Genoa. Modern Nuremberg Chronicle facsimile reproductions capture the vibrant hand-coloring and intricate details of these Renaissance illustrations, from panoramic city views to historical scenes
We have 3 facsimiles of the manuscript "Nuremberg Chronicle - Weimar Copy":
- Hartmann Schedel: Liber Chronicarum Das Buch der Chroniken facsimile edition published by Pytheas Books, 2020
- Weltchronik - Le cronache di Norimberga facsimile edition published by Il Bulino, edizioni d'arte, 1993
- Hartmann Schedel, Weltchronik - Nürnberg 1493 facsimile edition published by Edition Libri Illustri, 1993
