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The book of trades (Ständebuch) / Jost Amman & Hans Sachs ; with a new introd. by Benjamin A. Rifkin.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PT1762 .E8 1973
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sachs, Hans, 1494-1576.
- Series:
- Dover books on folk arts and crafts.
- Dover books on folk arts and crafts
- Standardized Title:
- Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Occupations--Poetry.
- Occupations.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Albert, Daniel M. (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Albert, Eleanor (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- l, 127 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, 1973.
- Notes:
- 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."
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Albert Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert.
- ISBN:
- 048622886X
- 9780486228860
- OCLC:
- 595325
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