An incunable prospect of Genoa in rare contemporary colour

SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann.

Genua.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493, Latin text edition. Original colour. Woodcut, image 190 x 220mm, set in a page of text.

Corner of margin with an old patch, small crack in bottom edge

One of the oldest views of Genoa, published in the famous 'Nuremberg Chronicle', a history of the world. Although not completely accurate, the Lanterna (the third oldest lighthouse in the world) is recognisable on the left side of the harbour entrance.
On the reverse is half of a two-sheet prospect of Rome, with Vatican and the Castel de San Angelo.


Stock ID : 23035