The Nuremberg Chronicle, first Latin edition, 1493, Michael Wolgemut; Artist: Wilhelm Pleydenwurff; Author: Hartmann Schedel; Printer: Anton Koberger, German, 1434/37 - 1519, 17 5/8 x 12 3/8 x 3 1/4in. ( x x ), Woodcuts and letterpress; bound volume, Germany, 15th century, At the end of the 15th century, the new industry of book printing reached its zenith in Nuremberg, Germany. This book, which was written by Dr. Hartmann Schedel, recounts the history of the world from Creation to the early 1490s with lessons in religion and geography

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