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Book/Printed Material Die geuerlicheiten vnd eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hoschberümbten helds vnd ritters herr Tewrdannckhs

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Title

  • Die geuerlicheiten vnd eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hoschberümbten helds vnd ritters herr Tewrdannckhs

Names

  • Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519
  • Pfinzing, Melchior, 1481-1535
  • Treitz-Saurwein, Marx, -1527
  • Schäufelein, Hans, approximately 1480-approximately 1539, illustrator
  • Beck, Leonhard, approximately 1480-1542, illustrator
  • Schönsperger, Johann, approximately 1480-1543, printer
  • Williams, John Camp, 1859?-1929, former owner
  • Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Gedruckt in der kayserlichen stat Nürnberg : Durch den eltern Hannsen Schönsperger burger zu Augspurg, anno domini Tausent fünffhunndert vnnd im sybentzehenden Jar [1517]

Headings

  • -  Maximilian--I,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1459-1519
  • -  Germany--Nuremberg

Notes

  • -  The work of Maximilian I, of Germany, and his secretaries, Melchior Pfintzing and Marx Treitz-Saurwein. The woodcuts by Hans Schaeufelein, Leonhard Beck, and others. See Murray, German Books, 329.
  • -  Corrections printed on small slips cover errors in the original text in several places. See Theuerdank, edited by Carl Haltaus, Quedlinburg, 1836, p. 81-82.
  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  Signatures: a-c⁸d⁶ e-h⁸ i⁶ k-n⁸ o⁶ p-q⁸ r⁶ s-t⁸ v⁶ x-y⁸ z⁶ A-B⁸ C⁶ D-E⁸ F⁶ G-H⁸ I⁶ K-L⁸ M⁶ N⁸ O⁶ P⁸ 2A⁸. (P5 blank)
  • -  Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), M 1649
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 634
  • -  Rosenwald Collection (1954 ed.) 454
  • -  LC copy original leaf replaced by leaf from later date.
  • -  LC copy has bookplate (illuminated coat of arms) of L.J. von Braitenberg, with device "Mein Leben in Gott ergeben" mounted on title page. On inside of cover bookplate of A. Lanna and manuscript note: "Um 750 Reichs-Mark von Albert Kohn, Berlin, erworben. 2. Juni 1880. A. Lanna."
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-09-23 no edits (3 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2021-05-11 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2021-06-01 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-07-28 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [580] p. : 118 ill. (woodcuts) ; 34 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NE1255 .T4
  • NE1255 .T4 Copy 2 35 cm. Lacks blank leaf. Mounted correction slips as in copy 1. Bookplate of John Camp Williams.
  • NE1255 .T4 Copy 3 38 cm. Bound in two volumes. On vellum. Mounted correction slips as in copy 1. Differs in some details of orthography and ornament from paper copies, but not in all of those indicated in Theuerdank, edited by Haltaus, p. 37-39. Some leaves, with hand-colored illustrations, supplied from other copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 15012290

Online Format

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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Melchior Pfinzing, Marx Treitz-Saurwein, Hans Schäufelein, Leonhard Beck, Johann Schönsperger, John Camp Williams, Early Printing Collection, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Die geuerlicheiten vnd eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hoschberümbten helds vnd ritters herr Tewrdannckhs. [Gedruckt in der kayserlichen stat Nürnberg: Durch den eltern Hannsen Schönsperger burger zu Augspurg, anno domini Tausent fünffhunndert vnnd im sybentzehenden Jar, 1517] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/15012290/.

APA citation style:

Maximilian I, H. R. E., Pfinzing, M., Treitz-Saurwein, M., Schäufelein, H., Beck, L., Schönsperger, J. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1517) Die geuerlicheiten vnd eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hoschberümbten helds vnd ritters herr Tewrdannckhs. [Gedruckt in der kayserlichen stat Nürnberg: Durch den eltern Hannsen Schönsperger burger zu Augspurg, anno domini Tausent fünffhunndert vnnd im sybentzehenden Jar] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/15012290/.

MLA citation style:

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, et al. Die geuerlicheiten vnd eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hoschberümbten helds vnd ritters herr Tewrdannckhs. [Gedruckt in der kayserlichen stat Nürnberg: Durch den eltern Hannsen Schönsperger burger zu Augspurg, anno domini Tausent fünffhunndert vnnd im sybentzehenden Jar, 1517] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/15012290/>.