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<p>A copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493 is displayed at Ken Sanders Rare Books store in Salt Lake City on Saturday. The Utah book dealer came across the 500-year-old German language edition while appraising items brought in by locals at a fundraiser for the town museum in Sandy, about 15 miles south of Salt Lake City. It's considered to be one of the earliest and most lavishly illustrated books produced after the invention of the printing press.</p>

<p>A copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493 is displayed at Ken Sanders Rare Books store in Salt Lake City on Saturday. The Utah book dealer came across the 500-year-old German language edition while appraising items brought in by locals at a fundraiser for the town museum in Sandy, about 15 miles south of Salt Lake City. It's considered to be one of the earliest and most lavishly illustrated books produced after the invention of the printing press.</p>

April 27, 2011

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500-year-old book surfaces in Utah
April 27, 2011 9 p.m.

500-year-old book surfaces in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY - Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising "rare" finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets.