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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 184

Maps
Europe
Great Britain
1493 Tercia Etas Mundi. Folio XLVI, Anglie Provincia (A English town view), by H. Schedel; single sheet, 10 x 15½ inches, later hand-coloured.

Large woodcut depicting an imaginary English town (235 x 223mm) on verso the genealogy of King David. Page from the richest illustrated "Incunable", the famous Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. In May of 1493 appeared in the Latin language one of the earliest voluminous books, fully illustrated with 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 woodblocks.

Tape marks on the top edge of verso, otherwise fine. Photo

The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations. The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout Europe

Estimate
SG$500 to SG$600