Name of map : Constantinopolis
Cartographer : Schedel, 1493
from Liber Chronicarum, Hartmann-Schedel
Woodcuts by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff & Michael
Wohlgemut. Published in Nurnberg by Anton Koberger.
Stock number : 3713, from first, Latin edition
Page signature : CXXX
Area displayed : the city of Constantinopel;
Size of woodcut : 240 x 537 mm (in fact two adjacent woodcuts);
Paper size : 398 x 574 mm;
Margins, left : 25 mm, right: 20 mm;
upper : 5 mm, lower: 10 mm;
Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;
Paper color : off white;
Age of map color: uncolored;
Imperfections
margins : upper margin trimmed;
image area : slight browning at centerfold, plus the usual damage
at centerfold, which has
been repaired expertly; only visible when held
against strong light;
verso : none
Overall quality :perfect/excellent/VERY GOOD/good/fair/mediocre/poor
Price : € Euro 1600