Complete facsimile of the 1517 (German) edition, a rare hand-colored original in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) was King of Germany before becoming Holy Roman Emperor in 1508. Maximilian was a great patron of the arts and commissioned Melchior Pfinzing to write Theuerdank, which was supposedly based on Maximilian's youthful journey to woo his future wife. The accompanying English language softcover by Stephan Füssel discusses Maximilian's life and work, as well as his role in the art of printing and use of printed materials, and selections from Melchior Pfinzing's original clavis, or "key," which was included in the original to kindly point out to Maximilian's contemporaries exactly what part of the tales were more fiction than fact. The booklet also contains a chapter-by-chapter retelling of the tales in modern vernacular, exploring the narrative strategy and real events behind the allegories. The hardcover has 118 ornate, gold-adorned woodcuts, one for each chapter, which were made by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Hans Schäufelein, and Leonhard Beck, while the typeface (known as the Theuerdank typeface and characterised by its striking "elephant trunks") was specially designed for the book by the printing workshop of Hans Schönsperger the Elder.
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