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THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Liber Chronicarum.
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493
Liber Chronicarum, known as the Nuremberg Chronicle, is one of the most famous books of the 15th century. The text is a history of the world from creation to the year of publication, 1493. It was written by Nuremberg physician, Hartmann Schedel, and printed by Anton Koberger, one of the leading printers/publishers of his day. The Chronicle is famous for its woodcuts from the workshops of Nuremberg artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhem Pleydenwurff. Albrecht Dürer was an apprentice in Wolgemut's workshop and may have assisted in the production of some of the woodcuts. There are 1809 illustrations in the Chronicle produced from 645 unique woodblocks. The Latin edition was published in July 1493; a German language version, Das Buch der Croniken und Geschicheten was issued five months after the Latin edition.
The University of Washington Libraries' copy was donated by Judge Walter Beals. Conservation work was done by Donald Etherington in Greensboro, North Carolina in early 1989. A conservation binding replaced a deteriorated earlier binding probably from the late 17th or early 18th century. A binder's needle found in the book spine was probably accidentally left by the person who did the earlier binding.
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Illustrations from The Nuremberg Chronicle