A Bilbao bookseller sells a jewel of the incunabula to the Government for 55,000 euros

The Ministry of Transport buys a copy of ‘Chronicles of Nuremberg’, from 1493, from the owner of Astarloa

1,804 woodcuts (engraved using wooden plates) appear throughout its 325 folios. Its paper is made of cloth, which explains the perfect state of conservation. It weighs about 10 kilos. It was read on a lectern or desk and should be stored horizontally to avoid warping.

ISABEL URRUTIA CABRERA

Thursday, 14 January 2021, 02:06

Halfway between the printed text and the manuscript, in ‘Chronicles of Nuremberg’ the capital letter was beautifully adorned. It was work that was done by hand.

Halfway between the printed text and the manuscript, in ‘Chronicles of Nuremberg’ the capital letter was beautifully adorned. It was work that was done by hand.

It weighs about 10 kilos and has dimensions of 500 × 350 millimeters. It is a gentleman book, the kind that is read on a lectern or desk. Wonderfully preserved for 528 years. More than 1,800 engravings shine brilliantly in this incunabula (printed in the 15th century), which includes the first map of Europe as the center and engine of the world. “It is a jewel

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