The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle

255, [1] pp. A fascinating glimpse into the planning, production, and profitability of a printed work from the age of incunabula. The Nuremberg Chronicle is unique, in that records of each of these exist and are available for scholarly study. Wilson offers a detailed study of the making of an early illustrated book taken from surviving page layouts, original contracts for the illustrations, contracts for printing, etc., and also provides a history of the printer, Anton Koberger and a list of known copies of the first Latin and German editions.