Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Die Geuerlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen und hochberümbten Helds und Ritters herrn Tewrdannckhs.

Accession number
PML 21094-95
Published
[Nürnberg : Hannsen Schönsperger, 1517]
Credit line
Purchased in 1919.
Notes
First ed.
Imprint from colophon.
The work of Maximilian I, of Germany, and his secretaries, Melchior Pfintzing and Marx Treitz-Saurwein.
The 118 woodcuts chiefly by Hans Schaeufelin. Other woodcuts by Leonhard Beck, Hans Burgkmair, and others.
Gothic type (Proctor 11180) with large flourishes, especially cut for this book.
For full collation see C.F. Murray's Cat. of German Books, II, 329.
One of about 40 copies printed on vellum and presented to individuals.
Library copy printed on vellum.
Description
2 v. : ill.
Provenance
From the Huth collection with bookplate.
Binding
Blue morocco gilt with doublure.
Classification
Department