The Nuremberg Chronicle Map of Florence Publisher(s)_Robert Weir upper margin cut close

upper margin cut close

This is a late state of Robert de Vaugondy’s map of southern Russia

a 5 cm tear has been closed with tape on the verso

and their supposed complexity made them a popular target for jokes and satire (in ‘Punch’ for example

The Nuremberg Chronicle Map of Florence Publisher(s)_Robert Weir upper margin cut closeThis is one of the earliest obtainable views of Florence, derived from a lost engraving by Francesco Rosselli. The woodcuts were created in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, possibly assisted by Albrecht Drer (who was the godson of the books printer, Koberger). Hartmann Schedel's encylopedic Liber Chronicarum, widely known as the Nuremberg Chronicle, is deservedly one of the most famous incunables. As many as 2500