1493 – H. Schedel – Moses Burning Bush

Titles:           “XXIX”

Description:

A woodcut showing the Moses and the Burning Bush, Aaron and his progeny, Elezar. On verso: Job and his tests.

Page number: XXIX

The engraving comes from the Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut and Albrecht Dürer, printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493.

The Nuremberg Chronicles was the first printed history of the known world with about 2000 woodcuts the most picturesque work of the early time of printing. It became one of the most popular book of the 15th. century. German edition.

Cartographer:      Hartmann Schedel (1440 – 1514)
Sheet size:             30,5 x 44,2 cm
Year:                       1493
Technique:           wood block

Condition:
Good condition compare to the age, strong press on watermarked handmade paper. Slight traces of foxing, browning and wear.

This is an original antique map published in 1493 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity