Schedel, Germany, Syria, Trier, Damascus Sale

Description

Schedel, Germany, Syria, Trier, Damascus

Trier. – “Treveris Gallie belgice caput”

Tercia etas mundi Fol. XXIII

View of the City of Trier in Germany

General view of the important city in Rheinland-Pfalz

Type of print: Woodcut

Color: Excellent hand coloring

Published in: Nuremberg Chronicle (“Weltchronik” (Liber Chronicarum)

Author:  Hartmann Schedel.

Published: Nuremberg, 1493 (first edition)

Text: Latin. Relating text print above image.

Verso: View of Damascus

Explanitary text above image

Condition: Very good. Excellent hand coloring!  Light general age toning gives the woodcut the desired patina.
Margins with minor traces of age and use. Some spots in margins.

Measurements:

Trier – 19,3 x 22,6 cm (ca. 7.6 x 8.9″)

Damascus – 19 x 22,5 (7.5 x 8.8″)

Full sheet – 43 x 28,5 cm (ca. 16.9 x 11.2″)