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Auction archive: Lot number 259

SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. LIBER CHRONICARUM. NUREMBERG: 12 JULY 1493

Estimate
US$80,000 - US$90,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 259

SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. LIBER CHRONICARUM. NUREMBERG: 12 JULY 1493

Estimate
US$80,000 - US$90,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Schedel, Hartmann LIBER CRONICARUM. NUREMBERG: ANTON KOBERGER FOR SEBALD SCHREYER AND SEBASTIAN KAMMERMEISTER, 12 JULY 1493 Imperial folio (17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.; 451 x 299 mm). Xylographic title-page and, according to Sidney Cockerell's traditional count, 1,809 woodcut illustrations, town views, and maps (some full-page or double-page, of which 1,164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including Albrecht Dürer side-notes or captions identifying cities; title-page soiled, some marginal spotting, light to moderate browning throughout, a few short tears chiefly along bottom margin repaired, three long tears slightly affecting text and one woodcut, all neatly repaired, three corners remargined. Eighteenth-century calf, gilt lozenges on covers, spine gilt in eight compartments, ivory lettering piece, edges stained red; endpapers renewed.

Auction archive: Lot number 259
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Schedel, Hartmann LIBER CRONICARUM. NUREMBERG: ANTON KOBERGER FOR SEBALD SCHREYER AND SEBASTIAN KAMMERMEISTER, 12 JULY 1493 Imperial folio (17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.; 451 x 299 mm). Xylographic title-page and, according to Sidney Cockerell's traditional count, 1,809 woodcut illustrations, town views, and maps (some full-page or double-page, of which 1,164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including Albrecht Dürer side-notes or captions identifying cities; title-page soiled, some marginal spotting, light to moderate browning throughout, a few short tears chiefly along bottom margin repaired, three long tears slightly affecting text and one woodcut, all neatly repaired, three corners remargined. Eighteenth-century calf, gilt lozenges on covers, spine gilt in eight compartments, ivory lettering piece, edges stained red; endpapers renewed.

Auction archive: Lot number 259
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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