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Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book and dust jacket fine. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large book..

Adrian Wilson and Joyce Lancaster Wilson:
The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle
A splendid book in its own right, the Wilsons' book on the Nuremberg Chronicle is a masterpiece. Quoting from the front fold:
This is the first work in English on the entire production of an early illustrated book. The survival of page by page layouts for a book of the incunabula period, as well as the original contracts for its illustration,for its printing and for the allotment of profits and unsold books is unique to the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493...The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle... is a landmark in the study of incunabula.
Lavishly illustrated in both color and black/white, this scholarly and very readable book explores the entire process of making one of the most famous early woodblock-illustrated books in the world. The Nuremberg Chronicle appeared in 1493, first as a Latin edition and then in German translation.
The late Adrian Wilson was an internationally prominent book designer working in San… Read More

Nico Israel. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. Second Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's oversized cloth, map endpages. 2nd printing. Spine ends slightly bumped, slightest lean. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine with an edgecrease, short closed tear, and a few nicks. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 255 pages .

Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1978.. Second printing. Small folio. 255, (1) pp. Publisher's speckled grey cloth, white lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, occasionally in colour, plus map endpapers. A little superficial soiling to the jacket, an excellent copy overall.

Amsterdam, Nico Israel. 1993. Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, white lettering spine, white illustration frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, folio: illustrated red-brown endpapers, 256pp., [ij], introductory essay with illustrations & bibliography [in English], very richly illustrated, captions, general bibliography [in English], English colophon, Japanese colophon. Very fine copy - as new. In firm slipcase.,

Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1976 Folio (35 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear) "This is the first work in English on the entire production of an early illustrated book. The survival of page by page layouts for a book of the incunabula period, as well as the original contracts for its illustration,for its printing and for the allotment of profits and unsold books is unique to the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493. Furthermore, the astonishing discovery in 1972 of preliminary woodcut drawings and layouts reveals the first steps in how the book was planned. 'The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle', which gathers into one volume all these factors, is a landmark in the study of incunabula." (from the blurb)

Amsterdam: Nico Israel , (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 253p quarto, illustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket

Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1976 Folio (35 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-war). "This is the first work in English on the entire production of an early illustrated book. The survival of page by page layouts for a book of the incunabula period, as well as the original contracts for its illustration,for its printing and for the allotment of profits and unsold books is unique to the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493. Furthermore, the astonishing discovery in 1972 of preliminary woodcut drawings and layouts reveals the first steps in how the book was planned. 'The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle', which gathers into one volume all these factors, is a landmark in the study of incunabula." (from the blurb).

Folio (10" x 13 3/4") , cloth, dust jacket, illustrated, 255 pp. Dust jacket in very nice shape (near fine), and in excellent condition overall. This is a very attractive copy of an important incunabula period work, with excellent illustrations. The promotional text for this edition indicate "this the first book in English on the entire production" of the Nuremberg Chronicle. Includes an introduction by Peter Zahn.

Pages 253 pp.Folio. Full custom leather binding in custom clam shell box. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headbands. Illustrated. Unique binding by Ernest Hassbaum of Lodi, in full brown leather with blind stamping and overlays. In custom cloth clam shell box with same decoration as book in leather overlays. Fine condition.

Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1978. Second printing, small folio, pp. 255, [1]; map endpapers, 3 bifolium inserts printed in color, illustrations throughout; a fine copy in original charcoal cloth stamped in white on upper cover and spine; the dust jacket with a few short tears and nicks. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Adrian Wilson on the half-title: "For Kim Merker / best of friends / and best of printers / Adrian Wilson October 14, 1983." Mr. Wilson reconstructs "the making of the Nuremberg Chronicle; the compilation of manuscript sources by its author; the artists' first concepts for the illustrations; the patrons' agreements for financing the publication; the layouts; the printing; the advertising; the distribution, and the final settlement" (p.11).