La Chronique Universelle
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Short description/annotation:
Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik was a groundbreaking illustrated encyclopedia and the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe. Featuring over 1,800 woodcuts, this complete facsimile faithfully reproduces a rare hand-colored copy, offering essays and vivid depictions of biblical scenes and views of 15th-century life.
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Review quote:
“This publication gives us a window into another world, a world as strange as our own.”
Short description/annotation:
Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik was a groundbreaking illustrated encyclopedia and the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe. Featuring over 1,800 woodcuts, this complete facsimile faithfully reproduces a rare hand-colored copy, offering essays and vivid depictions of biblical scenes and views of 15th-century life.
Description:
Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik was a groundbreaking illustrated encyclopedia and the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe. Featuring over 1,800 woodcuts, this complete facsimile faithfully reproduces a rare hand-colored copy, offering essays and vivid depictions of biblical scenes and views of 15th-century life.
Review quote:
“This publication gives us a window into another world, a world as strange as our own.”
