Between June 12, 1493 printer Anton Koberger of Nuremberg
published the Liber chronicarum written by the physician
Hartmann Schedel. A large-folio compendium of history, geography
and natural wonders, the Liber chronicarum contained 298 printed
leaves, including 1,809 illustrations from 645 woodcuts by or
after painter and woodengraver Michael Wohlgemut (Wohlgemuth),
his stepson Wilhelm Plydenwurff, and possibly some by Koberger's
godson, the young Albrecht Dürer, who was apprenticed to
Wohlgemut until 1490. Certain woodcuts were reproduced more than
once, sometimes for the depiction of different people or cities.
The images included a full-sheet map of Europe, a Ptolemaean
world map, large and small city views, biblical and historical
scenes, and portraits. ♦You can view a digital facsimile of the
Latin edition at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link:
http://dfg-
viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fdaten.digitale-
sammlungen.de%2F~db%2Fmets%2Fbsb00034024_mets.xml, accessed
11-06-2012). "From the