As the godson of Anton Koberger, publisher of the Nuremberg Chronicle, the young Albrecht Dürer was exposed to—and may have contributed to—the preparation of the most ambitious illustrated book of the fifteenth century. Later, as a mature artist, he would seize upon public anxiety over the approach of the year 1500, which many believed would herald the end of the world, by producing Apocalipsis cum Figuris (Apocalypse with Pictures), which first appeared in 1498 in Latin and German editions. Consisting of fifteen full-page woodcut illustrations with accompanying passages from the biblical Book of Revelation on the verso of each sheet, Dürer’s pictorially inventive book broke new ground in privileging image over text. A milestone in the history of illustration, it was the first book to be entirely conceived, designed, and published by an artist. Demand continued for the publication well into the new century, leading him to publish a second Latin edition in 1511.