FESTIVALS. - RÜXNER (Georg). ThurnierBuch.... - Lot 22 - Giquello

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FESTIVALS. - RÜXNER (Georg). ThurnierBuch.... - Lot 22 - Giquello
FESTIVALS. - RÜXNER (Georg). ThurnierBuch. Warhafftige Beschreibunge aller kurtzweil und Ritterspil... Frankfurt, s.n. [Sigismund Feyerabend & Simon Hüter], 1566. 2 parts in a small gothic folio volume, granite basane, cold-stamped scrollwork, spine ribbed (Binding 20th century). Fairfax-Murray, German, n°374. Third edition of this superb illustrated book of tournaments, known as the Turnierbuch and first published in Simmern in 1530. Remarkable woodcut illustration, including numerous woodcuts in the text, several of which are signed by Jost Amman. Printed in German Gothic. The volume contains only the last two (of three) parts of the edition: the second part consists of an account of the tournaments, processions and other amusements that took place in Vienna in May and June 1566, while the third part concerns the festivities organized for the entry of Charles V and his sons into Bintz on August 22, 1549. It is complete with the folding plate depicting a tournament scene in the second part. Incomplete of the end of the third part (5 leaves). Small repair at the top and bottom of the title, and in the margin of three other leaves. Aureole at the top of the folding plate, at the fold.
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