A work made of woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat.

Geneva from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel’s World History), Plate 22 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1493, portfolio assembled 1929

Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434/37–1519) and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German, c. 1460–1494) printed and published by Anton Koberger (German, c. 1440/45–1513) original text by Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440–1514) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

Germany

Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

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