Hartmann schedel compiled a collection of printed books and manuscripts that. From the original nuremburg chronicle by hartmann schedel printed by anton koberger in 1493 schedel, hartmann on. Anton koberger was born to an established nuremberg family of bakers, and makes his first appearance in 1464 in the nuremberg list of citizens. How europes discovery of the americas revolutionized. The book was written by hartmann schedel and printed by anton koberger less than forty years after the gut. The nuremberg chronicle dates back into the incunabula times of book printing. The nuremberg chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia composed of world historical accounts. Leather binding on spine and corners with golden leaf printing on round spine extra customization on request like complete leather. Where in that book his focus was on native american societies before the spanish conquest, here he examines the ecological and economic. Manns book deserves a prominent place among that very rare class of books that.
Catalogue of the fifteenthcentury printed books in the. From the original nuremburg chronicle by hartmann schedel printed by anton koberger in 1493. Hartmann schedel compiled this elaborate history of the world from the first day of creation to his own time in an effort to correct what he felt was a slight to german history by other chroniclers. In 1470 he married ursula ingram and after her death he remarried another member of the nuremberg patriciate, margarete holzschuher, in 1491. From the original nuremberg chronicle, printed by anton koberger in 1493 schedel, hartmann on.
From the original nuremberg chronicle, printed by anton koberger in 1493. Charles manns new book, with its ambitious title, is cheerfully eclectic rather than doctrinaire. World history through latemedieval eyes special collections. How europes discovery of the americas revolutionized trade, ecology and. Anton koberger for sebald schreyer and sebastian kammermeister, 12 july 1493. How the ecological collision of europe and the americas gave rise to the. Latin scholars refer to it as liber chronicarum book of chronicles as this phrase appears in the. Books sine nota and books in the smallest formats tend to be excluded from it, and many english incunables from the royal library, including the unique pieces of chaucer and lidgate printed by caxton, are omitted. Published by nuremberg anton koberger for sebald schreyer 1493. Rare latin engraving from the nuremberg chronicle, an incunabula or book printed before 1500.
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