An incunable 'view' of Lithuania

SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann.

Lituania.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493, Latin text edition. Coloured woodcut, image 230 x 225mm, set in a page of text.

Some faint staining.

A 15th century imaginary map-view of Lithuania, showing a fortified city on a river, with a Latin text history of the country.
Published in the famous 'Nuremburg Chronicle', a profusely-illustrated history of the world, it is one of the earliest obtainable illustrations of Lithuania.


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