Four incunable leaves from the Latin and German editions of the Weltchronik (the Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493].
1–2. Two leaves from the Latin edition: • Leaf CCLIII, hand–colored: on one side, Jews are depicted supposedly torturing to death the child Simon of Trent; on the other side, three other woodcuts, also colored: a comet; Christian king of Denmark, Sweden and Norway; and Hercules Duke of Ferrara. • Leaf CCLVII: on one side, Jews are seen being burned alive during the pogroms in Sternberg (Mecklenburg, Germany). In October 1492, in what is known as the Sternberg Pogrom, 27 Jews were burned alive for allegedly desecrating the host. On the verso, cityscape of Constantinople.
3–4. Two leaves from the German edition: • Leaf XXXII, hand–colored: a seven–branched candelabra on both sides. • Leaf XXXV, hand–colored (attached to leave XXXII): on one side, five ancient Roman gods are depicted, and on the other, eight sibyls (prophetesses).

Size varies. Overall good condition.

Provenance: Private collection.