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KOEHLER, Johann David and Heinrich Gottlieb TITZ. Disquisitio de inclyto libro poetico Theuerdanck. Altdorf: Daniel Meyer, 1714.
4o (198 x 162 mm). Engraved portrait medallion of Melchior Pfintzing. Interleaved. Contemporary half vellum (light wear to edges). Provenance: early annotations throughout.
Earliest monograph on the most famous German illustrated book of the sixteenth century. The Theuerdanck is an allegorical chivalric romance celebrating the exploits of the hero (Emperor Maximilian I) in overcoming a series of obstacles in his journey to seek the hand in marriage of Queen Ernreich (Mary of Burgundy) in 1478. Parts of the text were composed by Maximilian himself, who had made the first drafts in 1505-8; his private secretary Melchior Pfintzing oversaw completion of the poem and edited the work. At the end is a celebratory poem by Georg Christian Gebauer. See Schottenloher 43140 for a later edition.
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Earliest monograph on the most famous German illustrated book of the sixteenth century. The Theuerdanck is an allegorical chivalric romance celebrating the exploits of the hero (Emperor Maximilian I) in overcoming a series of obstacles in his journey to seek the hand in marriage of Queen Ernreich (Mary of Burgundy) in 1478. Parts of the text were composed by Maximilian himself, who had made the first drafts in 1505-8; his private secretary Melchior Pfintzing oversaw completion of the poem and edited the work. At the end is a celebratory poem by Georg Christian Gebauer. See Schottenloher 43140 for a later edition.