Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Title:
Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.
Alternate Title(s):
Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi
Published / Created:
[Nuremberg] : Dominus Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ..., duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Physical Description:
[20], CCXCIX, [9] leaves : 1809 illustrations, 2 maps (woodcuts) ; 50 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database (ZZi 2084) http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&SS=N&CN=ZZi_2084
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Chronology, Historical -- Early works to 1800. | World history -- Early works to 1800. | Civilization, Ancient -- Early works to 1800. | Hachette, A. -- Bookplate. | Goodyear, Frank H. -- Bookplate. | Croy, Charles, duc de, 1560-1612 -- Autograph. | Petau, Alexandre -1672 -- Ownership. | Petau, Paul, 1568-1614 -- Binding. | Ormonde, Marquises of -- Bookplate. | Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 -- Autograph. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts. | Maps. | World maps. | Annotations. | Armorial bindings. | Armorial bookplate.
Contributors:
Alt, Georg, approximately 1450-1510, author. | Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, illustrator. | Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, illustrator. | Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, illustrator. | Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer. | Schreyer, Sebald, 1446-1520, publisher.