Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 325 a

Munich Theuerdank Facsimile Edition

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The Munich Theuerdank is a copy of the first, limited edition of a fictionalized verse account of the youthful adventures of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. The printing in Nuremberg in 1517 by Johann Schönsperger (the Elder), as well as the composition of the poem and the creation of its woodcut illustrations, was patronized by the emperor. The typeface was originally designed for Maximilian for a limited-edition prayer book. The 118 woodcuts depict Theuerdank facing and overcoming a wide range of obstacles. Those in the Munich copy are expertly hand-colored.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Munich Theuerdank": Theuerdank of 1517 facsimile edition, published by Taschen, 2003

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Printed book description compiled by Daniela Rovida.
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Theuerdank of 1517

Cologne: Taschen, 2003

  • Commentary (English) by Füssel, Stephan
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Munich Theuerdank: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

The facsimile is the complete color reproduction of the whole original manuscript. The pages of the facsimile edition, in the same size as the original manuscript, are trimmed down at the cost of some small features part of the original.

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