Erfordia
1493.
Print. Woodblock print. Measures 16.25" x 23.75".
Double page spread from the Nuremberg Chronicle depicting a panoramic view of Erfordia (Erfurt)in central Germany. Some staining and holes along the centerfold. From the Latin edition of the Liber cronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle). The first secular published book, it tells the history of the earth through seven "ages". Hartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 28 November 1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press. He was born and died in Nuremberg. Matheolus Perusinus served as his tutor. Binding: Unbound
Language: Latin
Price: $500.00
Item #321528