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Sept. '85
Dr. Eichenberger
Bienwil am See
SF125 = $46.30
See #83 Theuendank. Melchin Pfintzing, editor
Emperor Maximilian I. (1459-1519)
Nuremberg: Hans Schonoperger the elder; 1517
Maggs Cat. #500 138 L1800 Ref Z1012 M19 f
Copy: LC Brussels, Biblio. Royale (II 11456 C) 250mm x 373mm Folio.
Printed on vellum. Gothic letter, 24 long lines to the page
118 large woodcuts after H. Schauffelin, L. Bock, H. Burgkmair,
Weiditz, Erhard Schon, Wolfgang Traut etc.
engraved by Jost von Negker + other masters.
Brunet V, 767, Proctor 11180.
This ed. is to be considered as a privately printed book,
and not intended for sale. It seems he copies passed
out of the possession of Maximilian until some time after
his death, for the whole stock of copies lay in 6 chests at
Augsburg until March 1526.
F. Murray Early German #329 - paper ed. 1 March 1517. -352x248mm.
290 leaves, unnumbered. -14 1/2 x 10 3/8"
Proctor 11180 Muther 845 Panzer, D. Ann. 885
The only book printed at Nuremberg by Schonsperger.
Maximilian died 12 Jan. 1519 + Schonsperger in the
same year, soon after the publication fo the 2nd ed.
R. Muther $45 The 2nd (1519) ed. of Theurerdank had only 115 illustrations ie.
3 less than the first. It lacks #14, 31 +40.
- The 1st ed is vastly superior to the 2nd in the carefulness
of the type work + the beauty of the impressions.
The dedication to Charles V is dated 1 March 1517
14 1/2 x 10 3/8."
Rosenwald Theuerdank (1517) H. Schonsperger. Cat. #22 Nico Israel #27 paper copy, 1517.
#454 copy 1 paper 33 1/2 x 23 1/2cm
Z881 U58ro Ref Library of Congress 2 35cm -358x248mm
3 38 cm. Bound in 2 vol. Printed on vellum. Differs in
some details of orthography + ornament from paper copies, but not in
all of those indicated in Theuerdank, ed. by Haltaus p. 37-9.
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