The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 11, March 10, 2002, Article 9

RARE BOOK FINDS

  Tom Fort sent a link to an interesting article about a rare
  fifteenth-century book found recently in a Maine farmhouse.
  Printed in 1493, "The Nuremberg Chronicle" relates the
  history of the world starting with Genesis in Gothic text and
  a profusion of woodcut illustrations throughout nearly 600
  pages.

  Compiled by physician Hartmann Schedel, it was produced
  by Anton Koberger, a Nuremberg publisher considered one
  of the era's most important in Europe.  The book features
  the woodcuts of Michael Wohlgemuth, his stepson Wilhelm
  Pleyenwurff and Albrecht Durer, a masterful artist who
  elevated the status of graphic arts.  The book contains more
  than 1,800 illustrations."

 http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/03/02/nuremberg.chronicle.ap/

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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