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PFINTZING, Melchior (1481-1535). Die geuerlicheiten und eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren und hochberumbten helds und Ritters Tewrdannckhs. Augsburg: Johannes Schönsperger, 1519.
2° (335 x 240mm). Without blank leaf P5. 118 half-page woodcut illustrations by Leonhard Beck, Hans Leonhard Schäufelein and Hans Burgkmair, and possibly 3 others, touches of contemporary hand-colouring to two woodcuts. With engraved portrait of Pfintzing and 2-leaf address to the reader from the 1679 Schultes edition tipped in. (Title cut down and window-mounted, its conjugate on guard, some light spotting and browning, short marginal tears in 3 leaves, some flourishes shaved.) 17th-century German gold-tooled russet morocco, the sides panelled with fleur-de-lis and other rolls, elaborate corner stamps, German arms at centre, speckled edges (rebacked, joints worn, corners scuffed, missing two fore-edge ties). Provenance: unidentified German armorial (binding).
The third edition of Pfintzing's poem, barely distinguishable from the second, which was also published in 1519. (Hugh Davies, Murray German p. 532, gives Panzer's list of the differences between the two editions.) The Emperor played an active role in the book's production. He was sent preliminary drawings for the illustrations, and brought the printer Schönsperger to Nuremberg specifically to print the work. The distinctive type was created especially for this book; it was designed by Vinzenz Röckner, the emperor's court secretary. The first edition was published in 1517, and not intended for sale. The later editions, also published in Augsburg, used the same type and woodcuts. Brunet V, 767-8; Davies Murray German 330.
2° (335 x 240mm). Without blank leaf P5. 118 half-page woodcut illustrations by Leonhard Beck, Hans Leonhard Schäufelein and Hans Burgkmair, and possibly 3 others, touches of contemporary hand-colouring to two woodcuts. With engraved portrait of Pfintzing and 2-leaf address to the reader from the 1679 Schultes edition tipped in. (Title cut down and window-mounted, its conjugate on guard, some light spotting and browning, short marginal tears in 3 leaves, some flourishes shaved.) 17th-century German gold-tooled russet morocco, the sides panelled with fleur-de-lis and other rolls, elaborate corner stamps, German arms at centre, speckled edges (rebacked, joints worn, corners scuffed, missing two fore-edge ties). Provenance: unidentified German armorial (binding).
The third edition of Pfintzing's poem, barely distinguishable from the second, which was also published in 1519. (Hugh Davies, Murray German p. 532, gives Panzer's list of the differences between the two editions.) The Emperor played an active role in the book's production. He was sent preliminary drawings for the illustrations, and brought the printer Schönsperger to Nuremberg specifically to print the work. The distinctive type was created especially for this book; it was designed by Vinzenz Röckner, the emperor's court secretary. The first edition was published in 1517, and not intended for sale. The later editions, also published in Augsburg, used the same type and woodcuts. Brunet V, 767-8; Davies Murray German 330.