NUREMBERG CHRONICLES (2 LEAVES FLORENCE, ITALY ) -- DIE SCHEDELSCHE WELTCHRONIK de Schedel, Hartman - 1493

Wohlgemut & Pleydenwurff. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1493. Paperback. Nicunable; Incunabula; Color Illustrations; 1 pages; A single color mounted plate cut from the very rare incunable work, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. 2.375 x 3". Plate titled S. Boar, red and black. .

[Augsburg, 1497], 1497. single leaf. Fine. This leaf is from the unauthorized pirated version of the Nurembeg Chronicles originally published in 1493. Text in Latin. 11.5 x 8 inches, two columns, 51 lines of gothic type. Fine condition. Conservatively matted to 16 x 20 inches in two ply acid free ivory matboard. Digital image available by email upon request.

Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 1493. Disbound. Very good. The Nuremberg Chronicle was the most important of the 15th century universal histories and the most extensively illustrated book of its time. Its narrative begins with the creation and runs until the 1490s. It was written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, a physician and humanist, on commission by two Nuremberg merchants. This Latin edition was printed in Nuremberg in 1493 by Anton Koberger. The leaf (12" x 16½"), Folio CXIX, contains seven woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwulf and their apprentices including Albrecht Durer. The woodcuts on this leaf include Maximinus, Gordianus, Philp the father, Philipp the son, Decius, Pontion the martyr, and the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. It also includes a long list of martyrs who suffered horrible deaths. . THIS LEAF WILL BE SHIPPED SAFELY ROLLED IN A MAILING TUBE..

Brussel & Brussel, 1966. Limited Facsimile Edition. Light toning to upper/lower edges, small wrinkle to lower spine, still near fine in very good, lightly toned and edge worn dust jacket with multiple short closed tears to upper/lower edges and some crackling of the dust jacket laminate, in mylar cover.. This excellent facsimile edition of the world historical classic from 1493 was limited to 1000 copies for America and 350 for overseas, this copy being unnumbered and out of series. The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia of the most important events in world history. Creatively told and illustrated, this is a monument to Renaissance historiography.

Anton Koberger. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1497. Paperback. Incunable; 15th Century; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Leaf from Hartmann Schedel's "Weltchronik," an edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle at reduced size (leaf 10 1/2" x 8") , with woodcuts copied from those of Koberger. [C. 1497. ] Headline: "Sexta etas mundi." page number "Clxxiiii" on verso. Dampstaining. 10 woodcuts. Artists were associated with Albrecht Durrer and the printer, Koberger, was Durer's grandfather. It covered 'Hisotry of the World" and was know n as the 'picture book' of that period. Hain Copinger 14508. Incunable .

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. [Incunabula Leaf]. Original Nuremberg Chronicle leaf (two pages) from the first (Latin) edition printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493. Folio (approx 17 x 12 inches); printed in gothic type. Recto decorated with the desirable original woodcut illustration of The Work of the Fifth Day of Creation (image size approx 8.75 x 8.75 inches); verso depicts Fourth Day of Creation (image size approx 8.75 x 8.75 inches). The woodcut illustrations for this edition were executed by Michael Wolgemut and Willhelm Pleydemwurff. A desirable and scarce example from one of the most important books of the 15th century. Some worming to margin edge, with light wear, upper edge trimmed. Loose, unmatted and suitable for framing. First Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Pleydenwurff and Wohlgemut. Folio.

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. [Incunabula Leaf]. Original Nuremberg Chronicle leaf (two pages) from the first (Latin) edition printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493. Folio (approx 17 x 12 inches); printed in gothic type. Recto decorated with the highly desirable original woodcut illustration of The Creation of Adam (image size approx 8.75 x 8.75 inches); verso depicts Heaven and signs of Zodiac (image size approx 10.75 x 8.75 inches). The woodcut illustrations for this edition were executed by Michael Wolgemut and Willhelm Pleydemwurff. A desirable and scarce example from one of the most important books of the 15th century. Some worming to margin edge, with light wear, upper edge trimmed. Loose, unmatted and suitable for framing. First Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Pleydenwurff and Wohlgemut. Folio.

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. Paperback. Very Good+. Four illustrated leaves, uncolored (one mounted). 1) One leaf from chapter “Tercia etas mundi” (fol. XXVII) depicting in woodcuts the lineage of Christ (Linea Christi) and the Kings of Egypt (Reges Egipti) and vignette of Joseph interpreting dreams before the Pharaoh. On verso, kings and lineage continued and a vignette of an imaginary view of Athens or Minerva. The earliest obtainable view of this period. Three leaves from chapter “Sexta etas mundi” 2) (fol. CV) depicting authors, Seneca, Lucanus, Persius, and the martyrdom of Apostle Philip. On verso, bust portraits of the Popes Linus, Anacletus, and Appollinaris and the martyrdom of Apostle Bartholomew. 3) (fol. CXL) bust portrait of Euthices hereticus and right portion of view of Strassburg. On verso, bust portraits of Popes Simplicius, Felix, Helasius, Anastasius and bishops, Mamercus and Remigius. 4) Mounted (fol. CCLIII). Verso only visible, circumcision of Simon the… Leer más

Nuremberg,: Anton Koberger,, June 1493.. 427 by 567mm. (16.75 by 22.25 inches).. Double-page woodcut map with fine contemporary hand-colour in part. 'The world map is a robust woodcut taken from Ptolemy… What gives the map its present-day interest and attraction are the panels representing the outlandish creatures and beings that were thought to inhabit the furthermost parts of the earth. There are seven such scenes to the left of the map and a further fourteen on its reverse' (Shirley) From the famous 'Nuremberg Chronicle', a history of the world, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. The text is a year-by-year account of notable events in world history from the Creation down to the year of publication. It is a mixture of fact and fantasy, recording events like the invention of printing, but also repeating stories from Herodotus. Even the world map is decorated with strange beings from the far reaches, including a cyclops and a four-eyed man. 645 woodcuts… Leer más

Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1480. 255 x 180 mm. (10 x 7"). Single column, 31 lines in bâtarde type. Attractively matted. WITH A HAND-COLORED WOODCUT (68 x 80 mm.) SHOWING A SCENE FROM THE LIFE OF ST. HENRY II. Goff J-158; ISTC ij00158000; not in BMC. ◆A couple of small, faint brown spots, otherwise a fine leaf, clean and fresh with comfortable margins. .

[Strassburg: Printer of the "Antichristus" (Heinrich Eggestein?), not after 1482]. First or Second Edition in German. 285 x 200 mm. (11 1/4 x 7 7/8"). Single column, 34 line in gothic type. Attractively matted. WITH A HALF-PAGE WOODCUT (85 x 132 mm.) OF A SCENE FROM THE LIFE OF HILARION. Goff H-216; BMC I, 168; ISTC ih00216000. ◆Faint marginal smudge, but A FINE LEAF, clean, fresh, and bright, with ample margins, of a very rare early issue of the German translation of the "Lives of the Desert Fathers." .

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McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages, 2019. ONE OF 84 COPIES in floral-patterned cloth from a total edition of 165 COPIES. Text: 244 x 154 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"); Case: 502 x 372 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 5/8"). ii, 75 pp. Bound in floral-patterned cloth after a Morris design by Amy Borezo, who also constructed the case holding the volume and leaves. The book printed letterpress on Zerkall Book Laid Vellum paper by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. Book layout by Jill Mann. EACH COPY WITH FIVE LEAVES: ONE FROM THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER with one or more 10-line initials, multiple six- and/or three-line initials, AND ONE EACH FROM THE PRESSES OF FOUR GERMAN PRINTERS FROM THE 1470s--PETER SCHOEFFER, JOHANN MENTELIN, GÜNTHER ZAINER, AND ANTON KOBERGER. ◆The incunabular leaves consistently excellent, with only minor defects, and the Kelmscott leaves (which were never part of a bound volume) in entirely fine condition. This is a unique leaf book in the way that it combines three elements: a significant… Leer más

Paris: Jacobeo, sub signo Pellicani ab Engleberto Marnefio, 1522. Second edition. Signatures: a-g8, h6(h5-6 both blank, half of h5 missing and lacking h6) LXII f. Bound in original vellum limp binding with hand lettering on spine "Cleree sermones/aVerdu DNI/1522": name on first page "Thomas Stevenson/Edinburgh/183. very good copy of a rare sermon. John Clérée dominican friar, preacher of the Late Middle Ages, is a little and unjustly forgotten nowadays. He was however very well known in the time of the kings Charles VIII and Louis XII, whose he has been the confessor. This study is based on the Quadragesimale said of Valenciennes. Clérée, using always of the rules of the scolastic Ars Praedicamdi, is nevertheless able to innovate by introducing in his sermons some dramatic dialogues. He is an accurate witness of the difficulties and problems of the french society about 1500 : the increasing inegalities between rich and poor ; the heaviness of the royal fiscality and of all kinds of taxes ; the… Leer más

Strasbourg: Argentinae: Ex officina Martini Flach junioris, 1501. Half leather. Fine. Folio, printed in Strassburg by Martin Flach, 7 February 1501; 161 unnumbered leaves. BINDING: new Gothic hand-sewn oak binding by Arthur Green of Malvern; tawed quarter leather over quarter-sawn oak boards, quires hand-sewn on four double-cords creating four raised spine bands, board leather blind-tooled with period style rosettes and fleurs-de-lys within panel of diagonal blind triple fillets, hand-sewn Gothic double headbands of alternate hand-dyed indigo and undyed linen thread, hand-made brass hasps and clasps ornamented in period style; an exceptionally attractive recreation of a Gothic hand-sewn binding employing medieval techniques contemporaneous with the date the book was printed. COLLATION: [pi]6, a2-8, b-y6, z8, zeta6, antisigma8; leaf a1 excised and subsequent first few lines of a2[recto] redacted in black ink in the sixteenth century by the inquisitor for its heretical content (see below). TEXT: Double… Leer más

Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1557. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Vellum. Title in gilt on green calf label on spine. [32] 740 p.p. Slightly bumped spine and edges. Some soiling to boards and extremities. Light foxing, some yellow staining to pages. Ex Libris Neathman Mill Library stamp on rear fly leaf. Tight boards, pages otherwise clean and crisp with decorated black and white initials. A near fine copy. A Dominican friar and writer, Remigio Nannini produced religious as well as secular works, and poetry. Nannini published "two collections of orations drawn by historians (the first, Military Orations collected by all the ancient and modern historians, Venice, 1557)" [Cantimori, Delio. Italian Encyclopedia, 1934]. Nannini also went on to publish the works of St. Thomas Aquinas (1570) at the request of Pope Pius the V.

Antonius de Vercelli. Sermones quadragesimales de XII mirabilibus Christianae fidei. Illustrated with 2 multi-colored initials. The beginning of the text nicely printed in red, text in gothic type, in two columns, 51 lines to a page. 8vo. Contemporary hard vellum binding, remounted. Venetiis, Johannes et Gregorius de Gregorii de Forlivio, February 16, 1492. First Incunabula Edition. Antonius de Vercelli was, for approximately thirty years, one of the leading and most influential political counsellors of the pre-eminent families in Italy's early Renaissance: the Medici family in Florence and the Sforza family in Milan. This collection of his Sermones (Discourses) has significant importance and the added weight of someone deeply involved in the political turmoil of the late 15th century. The context and political value of these discourses helped Machiavelli define "The Art of the State." Vercelli is also a significant religious figure, having had much influence in Italian theologies. 18th century… Leer más

Augsburg, 1470-1523. All leaves in archival mats, housed in a (slightly scuffed) linen clamshell box measuring 520 x 365 mm. (20 3/8 x 14 1/2"). 13 LEAVES WITH WOODCUTS, THE MAJORITY OF THESE COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. ◆A couple of leaves a little browned, two others trimmed a bit close, one with loss of headline, trivial marginal stains or smudges, but the leaves generally fine and fresh. The collection includes: DURANTI, GUILLELMUS. RATIONALE DIVINORUM OFFICIORUM. (Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 22 January 1470) 395 x 290 mm. (15 1/2 x 11 1/2"). Rubricated in red, two two-line initials in red. Goff D-404; BMC II, 315; ISTC id00404000. JACOBUS DE VORAGINE. LEGENDA AUREA: LEBEN DER HEILIGEN. (Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1471-72) 325 x 240 mm. (12 7/8 x 9 1/2"). First Edition in German. Goff J-156; BMC II, 317; ISTC ij00156000. NIDER, JOHANNES. DIE VIERUNDZWANZIG GOLDENEN HARFEN. (Augsburg: Johannes Bämler, 18 December 1472) 265 x 185 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 14"). Goff N-223; BMC II, 331; ISTC… Leer más

Treviso: Gerardus de Lisa, de Flandria, 13 Oct. 1492. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 150 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 7/8"). Textually Complete. 6 p.l., 97 leaves (without final blank). Single column, 25 lines, roman type. New unlettered limp vellum in the style of the period. Front pastedown with bookplate of José Lorenzo Cossío. With numerous marginal annotations in two different early hands. Goff H-2; BMC VI, 885; ISTC ih00002000; V. Schulderer, "A Fleming in Venice," in "Fifty Essays", pp. 113-126. ◆Intermittent dampstains to edges, intruding into tail margin of first quire (but well away from text), occasional minor foxing, thumbing, or small stains to margins, but an excellent copy internally, generally clean, fresh, and rather bright with generous margins, and in a perfectly suitable retrospective binding. Written as advice for the author's nephew, a college student, this philosophical treatise on the types of love is particularly concerned with the dangers of erotic passion. It takes the form of a lively… Leer más