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as early as 1512. The editing of the text, composed in verse by
Siegmund von Dietrichstein, Max Treitzssuerweim + the
provost Melchin Pfintzinger in Nuremberg was not completed
until 1514. The original blocks have been lost.
The Teuerdank, Witten in rhymed couplets + his Weisskunig
in prose were the last manifestations of the epic in the late
Gothic period of German literature.
[inserted] Graesse Vol 7 p 106 Ref Z1011 G73 [end inserted] 1517 Il y a en tout 290 ff ch. (y compris 1 f. bl.), dont
les 8 derniers qui manfuent souvent contiemnent une
explication des allegories et une clef - 119 gr en bois
Il ya des exempl. de cette premiere ed. tires sum
papier (a sont les plus rares -45 Kr. Panzen)
et sur peau velin.
Entout on recontre de consideraldes diversites, seit dang
le texte, soit dons les munga des fig. et meme dans
le titre des deux classes d'et. sur papier et sur velin.
cipendant on thouve que les exempl sur papier, qui
semblent etre d'un premier tinage, conteimnent
tonjous la lecon juste.
1519 des ex aur velin n'existent pas de tout.
les figures reduites et la clef des 118 (no 117 est saute)
figures.
[inserted] B Quasitch 100th anniv. cast [end inserted] The Theuendank (118 woodcuts, [inserted] (6 1/4x5 1/8") [end inserted] 14 1/2x 10 3/8") embodies in a romantic
+ allegorical form the story of the wooing of Mary of Burgundy by
the young + knightly Maximilian while Archduke of Austria.
At the end is a key which explains the initials used to
designate the various characters. This 1st ed is castly superior
to the 2nd in the carefulness of the type work + the
beauty of its impressions. It was apparently not a
published book but issued only for private distribution
after the Emperor's death in 1519.
The blocks are not preserved.