One of the earliest obtainable views of Florence

SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann.

Florencia.
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, December 1493, German text edition. Coloured woodcut, image 250 x 525mm, set in a page of text.

Repairs to stitch holes at centrefold, as usual, tape stains on reverse.

A 15th century woodcut prospect of Florence, one of the double-page views published in the famous incunabulum titled: 'Nuremberg Chronicle'. Although not completely accurate, it depicts the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi and the Tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore ( the Duomo di Firenze)


Stock ID : 22848