Old map by SCHEDEL - [Text page with portrait of Matheolus Perusinus, Kings and Roman personalities. ] Sexta Etas Mundi CCLII

Publisher:	SCHEDEL, H.
Title:	[Text page with portrait of Matheolus Perusinus, Kings and Roman personalities. ] Sexta Etas Mundi CCLII
Published in:	Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

Size:	13.4 x 8.7 inches. 34.0 x 22.0 cm.
Colouring:	Uncoloured.
Condition:	Some staining along margins and printed text. A few small worm holes. Wide margins, in good condition.
Important page as it states on verso the invention of printing and continues about Guttenberg "born in Germany... in the city near the Rhine [i.e. Mainz]... in the year 1440". Recto and verso text pages with woodcuts of Kings and Roman personalities, two of them holding a book , one is the Medicus Matheolus Perusinus, who was probably born in Perugia and died in Padua in 1480. He was a philosopher and doctor and teacher of H.Schedel, he wrote a book "Tractatus Artis Mememorativæ". Page from the richest illustrated Incunabula, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. In May of 1493 appeared in the Latin language one of the earliest voluminous books, fully illustrated with 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 woodblocks. The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations. The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout Europe A opportunity to acquire a 15th-century book illustration by named artists.! ¤
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SCHEDEL, H. - [Text page with portrait of Matheolus Perusinus, Kings and Roman personalities. ] Sexta Etas Mundi CCLII - antique map

[Text page with portrait of Matheolus Perusinus, Kings and Roman personalities. ] Sexta Etas Mundi CCLII by SCHEDEL, H., published in Nuremberg, 12 July 1493 Old map

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26860 SCHEDEL, H. - [Text page with portrait of Matheolus Perusinus, Kings and Roman personalities. ] Sexta Etas Mundi CCLII Old map published in Nuremberg, 12 July 1493. Colouring : Uncoloured. Dimensions : 13.4 x 8.7 inches. / 34.0 x 22.0 cm. Description : Important page as it states on verso the invention of printing and continues about Guttenberg "born in Germany... in the city near the Rhine [i.e. Mainz]... in the year 1440".
Recto and verso text pages with woodcuts of Kings and Roman personalities, two of them holding a book , one is the Medicus Matheolus Perusinus, who was probably born in Perugia and died in Padua in 1480. He was a philosopher and doctor and teacher of H.Schedel, he wrote a book "Tractatus Artis Mememorativæ".
Page from the richest illustrated Incunabula, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. In May of 1493 appeared in the Latin language one of the earliest voluminous books, fully illustrated with 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 woodblocks.
The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations.
The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout Europe
A opportunity to acquire a 15th-century book illustration by named artists.!

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