Lot of 4 folio sheets - no.s 141, 143, 145, 146 , from the rare German edition of the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle [approx.500 copies printed] .Text illustrated with altogether 36 woodcut engravings, depicting Signs from the sky/from God, - raining blood and stones, appearance of a Comet and thunder spears, Moon Eclipse, human like Animals in a River, the famous Byzantine General Belisarius + Admiral Narses, King Arthur of Britain, Clovis I {Chlodovecus] the first King of the Franks - ruling most of France Belgium and some parts of Germany - Founder of the Merowing Dynasty, the Ostrgoth first Rulers of Italy [after the fall of the western Roman Empire] Odoaker + Theodoricus, several Byzantine Emperors, a Ostrogoth Queen - Amalasiuntha - great well educated Queen ruling the Ostrogoth Kingdom for some 10 years - before getting murdered by her Cousin. the Revelation of St, Micheal, apart from these several Saints Bishops + early Popes , 2 councils Constantinopel&Aurelia , philosophers ,men of literature In generally fair condition for its age . large waterstain in upper right corners, small holes + tears [some repaired], some light agetoning + soiling. Old repairs. Folded in middle ! shipping via registered mail only The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase. Subjects include human history in relation to the Bible, illustrated mythological creatures, and the histories of important Christian and secular cities from antiquity. Finished in 1493, it was originally written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, and a German version was translated by Georg Alt. It is one of the best-documented early printed books—an incunabulum—and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. The author of the text, Hartmann Schedel, was a medical doctor, humanist and book collector. He earned a doctorate in medicine in Padua in 1466, then settled in Nuremberg to practice medicine. The painters, Wolgemut and Pleydenwurff, were to provide the layout of the chronicle, to oversee the production of the woodcuts. Albrecht Duerer, then an apprentice with Pleydenwurff, is believed to have contributed to the engraving of the illustrations. Anton Koberger, printer of the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed the first humanist book in Nuremberg in 1472. Sebald Shreyer, one of the patrons of the chronicle, commissioned paintings from classical mythology for the grand salon of his house. Hartmann Schedel, author of the chronicle, was an avid collector of both Italian Renaissance and German humanist works. Hieronymus Münzer, who assisted Schedel in writing the chronicle's chapter on geography, was among this group, as were Albrecht Dürer and Johann and Willibald Pirckheimer.