Hartmann Schedel
Chronicle of the World 1493
$55.24
- Hardcover
740 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2026
Summary
Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, or Chronicle of the World (better known today as the Nuremberg Chronicle, after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic work and at the time the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe. Both a historical reference work and a contemporary inventory of urban culture at the end of the 15th century, the Chronicle was to have a remarkable influence on the cultural, ecclesiastical a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783754402108 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3754402102 |
| Author: | Stephan Füssel |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 740 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.67kg |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 170mm x 40mm |
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This publication gives us a window into another world, a world as strange as our own. * The Compulsive Reader *
About The Author
Stephan Füssel
Stephan Füssel is director of the Institute for Book Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, and holder of the Gutenberg Chair at the same university. He has published prolifically on the early days of printing, the sale and publication of books between the 18th and 20th centuries, and the future of communications.
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