Titles: “” Description: A woodcut showing the story after the end of the flood, when Noah lay naked and drunk, the youngest son Ham told his brothers, Shem and Japheth went to cover their father. The engraving comes from the Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut and Albrecht Dürer, printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493. The Nuremberg Chronicles was the first printed history of the known world with about 2000 woodcuts the most picturesque work of the early time of printing. It became one of the most popular book of the 15th. century. Latin edition. Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel (1440 – 1514) Sheet size: 30,0 x 43,8 cm Year: 1493 Technique: wood block Condition: Good condition compare to the age, strong press on handmade paper. Few light water stains. This is an original antique map published in 1493 and NOT a modern copy or reprint On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity
