Catalog Archive
Auction 147, Lot 752

"The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle", Wilson, Adrian

Subject: Reference Books

Period: 1978 (published)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
10 x 13.8 inches
25.4 x 35.1 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Detailed examination of the making of this important early illustrated book taken from surviving page layouts, original contracts for the illustrations, contracts for printing, etc. It includes a history of the printer, Anton Koberger, and a list of known copies of the first Latin and German editions. The text of this study of the Chronicle's production combines scholarship with wit, providing a fascinating view of the incunabula period. Introduction by Peter Zahn and published by Nico Israel, 253 pp., illustrated, including color plates. First edition, second printing. Hardbound in gray cloth, pictorial dust jacket.

References:

Condition: A+

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/20/2013

Archived