Prima Etas Mundi


Name of view    : Prima Etas Mundi;

Cartographer    : Schedel, 1493

                  from Liber Chronicarum, Hartmann-Schedel

                  Woodcuts by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff & Michael

                  Wohlgemut. Published in Nurnberg by Anton Koberger.

                 

Stock number    : 3181

Page signature  : VI

Scene displayed : Eve, being created by God from Adam’s side;

Size of woodcut : 257 x 225 mm;

Paper size      : 418 x 288 mm;

About 20 lines of text in Latin in two colums above the view;

Margins, left   : 25 mm,  right: 22 mm;

         upper  : 35 mm,  lower: 16 mm;

Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;

Paper   color   : white and fresh;

Age of map color: uncolored;

Imperfections

     margins    : some expert restoration of right margin;

     image area : none;

     verso      : none

Overall quality :perfect/EXCELLENT/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor

Price           : €  Euro 750


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