Name of map : Basilea
Cartographer : Schedel, 1493
from Liber Chronicarum, Hartmann-Schedel
Woodcuts by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff & Michael
Wohlgemut. Published in Nurnberg by Anton Koberger.
Stock number : 3210; from first, Latin edition
Page signature : CCXLIIII
Area displayed : view of the city of Basel;
Size of woodcut : 255 x 534 mm (in fact two adjacent woodcuts);
Paper size : 415 x 525 mm;
Above map some 22 lines of Latin text on left and right page;
Margins, left : 25 mm, right: 18 mm;
upper : 24 mm, lower: 13 mm;
Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;
Paper color : white and fresh;
Age of map color: uncolored;
Imperfections
margins : none;
image area : none, except the usual damage at centerfold, due to
stitching at centerfold, which has been very expertly
repaired; only visible when held against strong light;
verso : none
Overall quality :perfect/EXCELLENT/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor
Price : € Euro 1100