Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ymagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

"Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. finit laudes infinite"--Leaf, cclxvi recto. First colophon.

"ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493"--Leaf [ccc] verso. [Second colophon].

Text printed in gothic type on paper watermarked with castle (Briquet 15899), crown (similar to Briquet 4668), and double crosses (Briquet 5753).

Leaves unsigned. 326 leaves, leaf [6], 3rd set, and the last leaf, are blank ; leaves [279-281] are blank, apart from the headlines.

Table and parts of the text printed in 2 columns.

352 (366) x 223 mm ; gothic 165 (head-lines and headings), 100b (text) ; 64 lines and head-line ; initial spaces occupying 6, 7, and 8 lines in the table, and spaces on the rectos of numbered folios Ia (14 lines), cclxvii (8 lines) and cclxviii (7 lines), also on un-numbered folio following cclxvi (2 lines); printed initials elsewhere.

"De Sarmacia regione Europe [End] Laus deo" is printed on the 6 leaves inserted between cclxvi and cclxvii.

Woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer. Cf. ISTC.

ISTC (RLIN), is00307000

BMC, II, p. 437 (IC.7451)

Hain, 14508

Polain, 3469

Goff, S-307

Oates, 1026

Binding Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2007

Alexander Turnbull Library copy exhibited ; fRInc SCHED Liber 1493 (R1002) : Simple to Sumptuous: Bookbindings 1450 to the Present. 5 April - 19 July 2008

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Binding: alum-tawed pigskin over pasteboard, interrupted bevels on head, tail and fore-edges, blind tooled with fillets and roll tools to panel design including name and date compartments, two hook-clasp fastenings with tooled leather strap (metal clasp missing on one strap), catch-plate on the upper cover; spine blind tooled with decorated compartments, raised spine bands, blue text edges. Endpapers watermarked with the letter "L". In red buckram clamshell box, red grained morocco spine and corners, spine tooled in gilt with title: Nuremberg chronicle. 1493.

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Provenance: some marginalia. Correction to foliation on leaf ccxl(x)vii by overpainting in white; correction to foliation on leaf ccxxix by overpainting in white and insertion of missing numeral in black ink; leaves 1-20 numbered in pencil at upper edge. Purchased by Alexander H. Turnbull from Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1901 (cf. Alexander Turnbull Library MS-Papers-0057-111/1901). Repair to fore-edge of leaf cclx; marks around perimeter of the verso of leaf cclv verso and recto of leaf cclvi ; small number of wormholes towards end, some affecting text; natural hole in paper on leaf cxl; slight damage to fore-edge of leaf ccxcvii; slight staining first and last few leaves. Acc. R1002.

Digital image available: Bookbinding, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.