The book of trades (Ständebuch)
[by] Jost Amman & Hans Sachs. With a new introd. by Benjamin A. Rifkin.

Description

Main Author

Sachs, Hans, 1494-1576.

Related Names

Rifkin, Benjamin, 1960-, ed.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591, illus.

Language(s)

German ; English

Published

New York, Dover Publications [1973]

Subjects

Occupations > Occupations / Poetry.

Note

Reprint of the author's Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden published in 1568. "The following English-language material has been specially prepared for the present edition: a preface and introduction (with 26 additional illustrations) by Benjamin A. Rifkin; a note on the text and the translations; prose summaries of the 114 poems by Hans Sachs; a verse translation of the 'Conclusion;' and an index of ranks and occupations."

Physical Description

L, 127 p. illus. 22 cm.

ISBN

048622886X

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