500-year-old History of the World with Striking Pictures Set to Sell for $60,000 at Swann Auction Galleries
UNITED KINGDOM / AGILITYPR.NEWS / December 10, 2019 / Swann Auction Galleries will offer this extraordinarily rare, colourful and detailed chronicle of world history for sale on December 17 in New York with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000.
500-year-old history of the world with striking pictures set to sell for $60,000 at Swann Auction Galleries
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The 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle – a profusion of woodcut diagrams, illustrations, and city views – includes several double-page maps of the world and a hand-coloured map of Europe.
The contents cover world history from Biblical Creation to the time of its publication. No other illustrated book printed in the fifteenth century rivals the scope and ambition of this enormous chronicle.
It will appear in the Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books auction.
Other highlights include a colourful map of Africa from 1593 (estimate $4,000 to $6,000), a 1535 atlas with 50 woodcut maps ($20,000 to $25,000) and a 1668 map of the United States showing California as an island ($7,000 to $10,000).
Images courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
Auction title: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Auction date: Tuesday, December 17, at 1:00 pm (EST)
Preview dates: December 12 & 13, 10-6; December 14, 12-5; December 16, 10-6; December 17, 10-12
Specialist: Caleb Kiffer • caleb@swanngalleries.com
• 212-254-4710 x 17
Social media: @swanngalleries
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