Die Ringer-Kunst des Fabian von Auerswald / erneuert von G.A. Schmidt, Turnlehrer [i.e. gymnastics teacher] zu Leipzig ; mit einer einleitung von Dr. K. Wassmannsdorff

Fabian von Auerswald

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/5370

Author

Fabian von Auerswald

Imprint

Leipzig: M.G. Priber, 1869

Physical Description

[4], 10 pages, 85 plates including portrait : illustrations ; 37 cm.

General Note

Facsimile of the edition of 1539 with title: Ringen Kunst: fünff und achtzig Stücke, zu Ehren Kurfürstlichen Gnaden zu Sachsen [etc.] Durch Fabian von Auerswald zugericht.

85 full-page woodcuts by Lucas Cranach the Younger, representing the author in his 85 wrestling positions

Provenance

The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H', i.e. S.A. Hart, Librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.

Binding Note

Quarter-bound in mauve leather over blue cloth covers. Spine lettered in gilt: "Fabian von Auerswald - Ringer=Kunst. R.A."

Subject

Wrestling

Contributors

Lucas Cranach the younger, illustrator
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Wassmannsdorff, contributor
G.A. Schmidt, contributor
M.G. Priber (Leipzig), publisher