23/06/2026
The world in 1493 – and how Hartmann Schedel saw it. This first edition, one of the most richly illustrated works from the early days of printing, boasts around 1800 woodcuts. They give us an insight into a Christian-humanist worldview at the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
The prints originate from the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, where Albrecht Dürer was an apprentice.
The “Liber Chronicarum” depicts city views (Augsburg, Basel, Florence, Nuremberg, Rome, Venice, Vienna...), which often were the first printed glimpses of those cities for many viewers. Other woodcuts present scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Schedel also addresses issues of the time like papal elections or peasant uprisings, and documents folk customs and rituals.
Books and decorative graphics | 24 June 2026: https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/123047/
