Macedonia. 1493 A. Koberger, Handcol. woodcut leaf from Hartmann Schedel's "Nuremberg chronicle", Koberger, 1493, 23,2 x 22,5 cm. Waterstain. Good copy.
Estimation :
120 / 180
Adjudication :
150 €
Description
Bird's-eye prospect with text above. We join : 6 other ill. leaves from Schedel's "Liber chronicarum", folio (but 1 : fragment), most ills. old col. (upper parts heav. dampstained +/- 15 cm, rather clumsily repaired, corners def. affecting some text and ills). Folium CLVIII, ill. with 9 woodcuts i.a. Justinianus, Tybericus Tercius, Lambertus episcopus. - CLXI, 5 woodcuts i.a. Theodosius III, Leo III. - CLXIX, 6 woodcuts (1 def). - CLXX, 7 woodcuts (1 def.) i.a. Hadrianus II. - CLXIII, 5 woodcuts, i.a. Zacharias, Stephanus II, Paulus I. - Fragment of a f. with view of Regensburg and 2 woodcuts, b/w. (7 lvs)
