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This is a complete facsimile of the Latin Edition (first edition) of Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum known in English as the Nuremberg Chronicle 1493.The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible and it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. The Chronicle was first published in Latin on 12 July 1493 in the city of Nuremberg. This was quickly followed by a German translation on 23 December 1493. The publisher and printer was Anton Koberger. The large workshop of Michael Wolgemut, then Nuremberg's leading artist in various media, provided the unprecedented 1,809 woodcut illustrations. Sebastian Kammermeister and Sebald Schreyer financed the printing. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. In English it is referred to as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honor of its author.The Chronicle is an illustrated world history, in which the contents are divided into seven ages:1.Index 2.The First Age of the World from Creation to the Deluge 3.The Second Age from the Deluge to the Birth of Abraham 4.The Third Age from the Birth of Abraham to the Kingdom of David 5.The Fourth Age from beginning of the Kingdom of David to the Babylonian Captivity 6.The Fifth Age from the Babylonian Captivity to the Birth of Christ 7.The Sixth Age from the Birth of Christ to the present day 8.The Seventh Age, reporting the coming of the Antichrist at the end of the world and predicting the Last Judgment 9.Addenda 10.Addenda II