This rare woodcut depicting the ancient world is from the first edition of the reduced version of Hartman Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, sometimes called the mini-Schedel. The Ptolemaic map, featuring huge rivers and convoluted mountain ranges, is enclosed in a border containing twelve windheads. At three corners are Noah's three sons, Ham, Shem and Japhet. On a trimmed sheet of Latin text (7.0 x 5.4"). Much rarer than the folio version, this is a nice example of this charming incunabula map.

References: Imago Mundi XI, p. 46; King (3rd edition) #1496; Shirley #20.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with couple of faint spots of foxing at bottom left. The sheet has been trimmed at bottom, with loss of part of the text.