Leaf from the ‘Liber Chronicarum: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten’ – otherwise known as the Nuremberg Chronicle. Woodcut at center depicting Jews being burnt at stake. Engravings made by Wolgemut, Michael and Wilhelm Pleydenwurf. Printed by Anton Koberger (1445-1513). Nurnberg, 1493. 43×30 cm. Picture measures 15.5×11.5 cm. Latin. Leaf ccxx. Printed a few years after the invention of the printing press and one year after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Columbus’ discovery of America. The picture of Jews being burnt as stake was a depiction of the harsh realities of life of the timeand not a historical theory about the distant past. Minimal aging stains. Very fine condition.