Registrum huius operis Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514.
Contributors: Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, ill.
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Format: Book
Language:Latin
Published / Created: [Nuremberg : Printed by Antonius Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493]
Place Name:Germany -- Nuremberg.
Series:German books before 1601 ; roll 215, item 2.
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Notes:Signatures: [a-b⁶ c⁸ d⁶ e-g⁴ h-ℓ⁶ m² n⁴ o-q⁶ r² s-t⁶ v-z⁴, aa-bb⁴ cc-ff⁶ gg² hh⁶ ii⁴ kk-mm⁶ nn² oo⁴ pp-zz⁶, A-P⁶] ([O]5-6, [P]6 blank).

Errors in foliation: leaves XXXIX, CCXXIX, and CCXLVII misnumbered XIXX, CCXXXI, and CCXLXVII respectively.

Xylographic t.p.

First colophon (leaf CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbe operi de hystorijs etatum mundi ... felix imponitur finis. Collectum ... auxilio Doctoris Hartman[n]i Schedel ... anno [Christ]i millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio, die quarto mensis Junij.

Second colophon (leaf [CCC]r): Adest nunc studiose lector finis Libri cronicarum ... Castigatu[n]que a viris doctissimis ... Ad intuitu[m] autem & preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer & Sebastiani Kamermaister hunc librum Dominus Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit, adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis Michaele Wolgemut et Wilhelmo Pleydenwurff ... circa 2500 woodcuts ... Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij, anno salutis n[ost]re 1493.

Initial spaces.

Imprint based on colophon.

Gothic letter. There is a table of 20ff. incl. title, text of 300ff. Between the leaves 266 and 267 are 6 leaves not numbered, one being blank and the other 3 containing "De Sarmacia regione," etc. They are sometimes placed at the end. Ff. 259, 260 and 261, though numbered, are left blank, for the annotations and additions of the reader.

Physical description: [20], CCXCIX, [9] leaves (leaves [CCCI]-[CCCII], [CCCVIII] blank) : ill., maps ; 50 cm. (fol.)

Citations/References: Hain-Copinger, 14508*

Citations/References: Proctor, 2084

Citations/References: Goff, S-307

Citations/References: Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, 5203

Citations/References: BM 15th cent., II, 437 (IC.7451-53)

Citations/References: ISTC (CD-ROM, 1997 ed.), is00307000

Citations/References: Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 726-732

Citations/References: Hain-Copinger, 14508*.

Citations/References: Proctor, 2084.

Citations/References: Goff, S-307.

Citations/References: Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, 5203.

Citations/References: BM 15th cent., II, 437 (IC.7451-53).

Citations/References: ISTC (CD-ROM, 1997 ed.), is00307000.

Citations/References: Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 726-732.

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