1493 – H. Schedel – Papia
250 €
Titles: “Papia”
Description:
One of the first views of Pavia, the Lombardy, Italy.
On verso woodcuts and description of five great philosophers and King: Hermes of Egypt or Mercury, Apuleius of Madaura in Africa, Plotinus, Diogenes of Sinop, Philip the twenty-third king of the Macedonians (father to Alexander the Great).
Page number LXXIIII.
Hartmann Schedel’s the Latin edition of the “Liber Chronicarum”, more commonly known as the Nuremberg Chronicle, engraved by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Albrecht Dürer and other members of their workshop. Published in Nuremberg in 1493 by Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister.
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 books of the 15th. century. I comes with an unprecedented number of 1,809 illustrations, including views of cities and towns, battles, kings, and saints. Some images represent actual cities and other images are purely imaginative.
Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel (1440 – 1514)
Sheet size: 31,3 x 44,3 cm
Year: 1493
Technique: wood block
Condition:
In very good condition, strong press on watermarked paper.
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
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