Lot 351: Early anti-Semitic engraving "Jewish being burnt at the stake." Nurnberg, 1493. Incunabula

Leaf from the: Liber Chronicarum: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten, also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle. Woodcut at center of the leaf depicting Jews being burnt at stake. Engravings made by Wilhelm Pleydenwurf and Wolgemut, Michael. Printed by Anton Koberger, 1445-1513. Nurnberg, 1493. Leaf ccxx from the book. Incunabula.The leaf measures 30.5x42 cm. The illustration measures 11.5x15.5 cm. Latin.This work was printed about one year after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and just a few years after the invention of the printing press. This engraving depicting the burning of Jews in sanctification of G-ds name for refusing to renounce their faith reflects the events of the time, when thousands of Jews in Jewish communities were killed. It is a loyal representation of the tragedies that the Jewish world underwent at the end of the 15th century.Minimal aging stains, very fine condition.