The Nuremberg Chronicle Map of Venice Date of Publication_1573 gilt spine

gilt spine

include wolves chasing down a sleigh and a boy attacked by an eagle

the most northerly of the main islands of Japan

small area of marginal loss to left hand corners and lower margin

The Nuremberg Chronicle Map of Venice Date of Publication_1573 gilt spineThis is one of the earliest obtainable views of Venice, derived from a larger woodcut by Dutch artist Erhard Reuwich, which was published in the first illustrated printed travel book, Breydenbach's Sanctae Perigrinationes of 1486. The woodcuts were created in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, possibly assisted by Albrecht Drer (who was the godson of the books printer, Koberger). Hartmann Schedel's encylopedic Liber