HARTMANN SCHEDEL. Two folio leaves with woodcut images: The Menorah. * the Temple of Jerusalem.
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 346
(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE).
HARTMANN SCHEDEL. Two folio leaves with woodcut images: The Menorah. * the Temple of Jerusalem.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493 :
Est: $600 - $800
In his celebrated Liber Chronicarum, Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), a German humanist and historian, divided world history into six ages, from Creation until the present. The book owes its extreme popularity to the fine woodcuts by the artists, Michael Wolgemuth and Wiliam Preydenwurff.