Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. Folio CCXVIII. [Charles II of Sicily - Wenceslaus 6th king of Bohemia - Thaddeus of Florence - Philip II king of France - Philip IV - Aegidius. Pope Nicholas IV - Pope Celestine V - Ugolino].

Nuremberg:: Anton Koberger,, 1493.. First edition.. 11.75 x 16.75 inches.. Original single leaf. Some minor edge wear and light damp stain. Recto shows Charles II of Sicily - Wenceslaus 6th king of Bohemia - Thaddeus of Florence - Philip II king of France - Philip IV - Aegidius with small woodcuts of each. Verso shows Pope Nicholas IV - Pope Celestine V - Ugolino with small woodcuts of each. The Nuremberg Chronicle is the most extensively illustrated book, and one of the most important, of the 15th century. The text is a universal history of the Christian world from the beginning of time to the 1490Õs. Written in Latin by physician and humanist, Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) on commission from Nuremberg merchants Sebald Schreye (1446-1520) and Sebastian Kammermeister (1446-1503). The Chronicle was printed by Nuremberg printer Anton Koberger (c.1440-1513), owner of the largest 15th-century German printing house. The Latin edition was printed in KobergerÕs shop between May 1492 and October 1493. In the meantime, a German translation was commissioned to George Alt (c.1450-1510), a scribe at the Nuremberg treasury, and the German edition was printed alongside the Latin one between January and December 1493. The Chronicle was illustrated by German artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, with the assistance of studio apprentices, including a young Albrecht Durer.