"The World Chronicle" by Hartmann Schedel: The Grandeur of Art

From the German edition of the "Nuremberg Chronicle" by Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), published by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493. Illustrations by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Sheet approximately 42.8 cm x 29.2 cm. In a frame. Hartmann Schedel's "Nuremberg Chronicle," with its 1,809 woodcuts, is considered an incunabulum of book printing and the largest publishing enterprise of the Dürer era. Sheet from Hartmann Schedel's "Weltchronik," published by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493. Woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.