Augsburg 1497.

Very rare original sheet from Schedel's small world chronicle. Printed by Johann Schönsperger in Augsburg in 1497. The Schönsperger edition is far rarer than the Koberg editions from 1493. -- Leaf mass: approx. 27x18.5cm. -- lower outer corner edged, otherwise in good condition. || Very rare original incunable leaf from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum from 1497. -- From the very rare Johann Schönsperger edition printed in Augsburg in 1497. This Augsburg edition is smaller in size and more rare than the Nuremberg editions by Koberger of 1493. outer lower corner backed, otherwise in good condition. // Hartmann Schedel's world chronicle is the most profusely illustrated incunable. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English-speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was first published. German-speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honor of its author. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!

Order number: 186826