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The first edition, with Latin text, of a dramatic, albeit imaginary and stylised, view of an English town and environs from the earliest days of printing. The woodblock was published in 'The Nuremberg Chronicle', an encyclopaedic history and description of the ancient and biblical world. The 'Chronicle' was allied with woodcuts of major European cities, and is regarded as one of the greatest early printed books - being the largest and most lavishly illustrated pre-1500. The book appeared in just two editions and both date from 1493; the first edition had Latin text, as here, and the second employed German text. This first edition formed the first representation of an English city in print. In this image a strong woodcut view shows a riverside walled town with fortifications overlooking another walled city on the opposite bank. The block is set in a page of text (our measurements are for the view only and not the page of text) with bold, early colour and the verso includes woodcuts of David with his harp and Solomon.
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