Name of view : Metis;
Cartographer : Schedel, 1493
from Liber Chronicarum, Hartmann-Schedel
Woodcuts by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff & Michael
Wohlgemut. Published in Nurnberg by Anton Koberger.
Stock number : 5296
Page signature : CX
Area displayed : Urban view of Metz, France
Size of woodcut : 193 x 224 mm;
Paper size : 414 x 274 mm;
Above map some 20 lines of Latin text;
Margins, left : 24 mm, right: 28 mm;
upper : 32 mm, lower: 28 mm;
Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;
Paper color : off white;
Age of map color: uncolored;
Imperfections
margins : small tear in bottom margin backed;
image area : none;
verso : none
Overall quality : perfect/EXCELLENT/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor
Price : € Euro 175