Hartmann Schedel / A. Duerer, Wolgemut and Pleydenwurff - Liber Chronicarum / Nuremberg Chronicle[Origin of Turks/Amis et Amiles/Charles the - 1493

Lot of 3 folio sheets - no.s 163, 164, 165, from the rare German edition of the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle [approx.500 copies printed] .Text illustrated with altogether 20 woodcut engravings,

depicting: Charles Martel, grandfather of Charles the Great, Pipinus, father of Charles the Great, Charles the Great himself, Origin of the Turks, a Council at Rome, and 'Amelius + Amicus'
[Amis et Amiles is an old French romance based on a widespread legend of friendship and sacrifice. In its earlier and simpler form it is the story of two friends, one of whom, Amis, was sick with leprosy because he had committed perjury to save his friend. More at Wikipedia]

apart from these several Byzantine Emerors, Kings Saints Bishops + early Popes .

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 !

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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.