The Nuremberg Chronicle Map of Florence Publisher(s)_Robert Weir This is a late state

This is a late state of Robert de Vaugondy’s map of southern Russia

Sold by John Bowles

He is now known to have been of German (rather than Dutch) origin

slight toning at centrefold and a couple of small spots

With no permanent population for centuries

The Nuremberg Chronicle Map of Florence Publisher(s)_Robert Weir This is a late stateThis is one of the earliest obtainable views of Florence, derived from a lost engraving by Francesco Rosselli. The woodcuts were created in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, possibly assisted by Albrecht Drer (who was the godson of the books printer, Koberger). Hartmann Schedel's encylopedic Liber Chronicarum, widely known as the Nuremberg Chronicle, is deservedly one of the most famous incunables. As many as 2500