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"Special Collections houses two copies of Hartmann Schedel's Liber Cronicarum, 1493, also known as the "Nuremberg Chronicle" published by Anton Koberger."

"This is a lavishly illustrated history of the world from the time of Creation to the beginning of Emperor Maximilian's reign in 1492. 1,809 woodcuts illustrate everything from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the Destruction of Jerusalem, the genealogies of kings, maps and city views, to the final Dance of Death." Shown: Genoa (or Adam and Eve in the Garden)

Special Collections, University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University

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