A 16th-century book of trades

The book "Eygentliche beschreibung aller stände auff Erden" ("Exact description of all ranks on Earth"), a 1568 publication by Segmund Feyerabend translated and published as "A 16th-century book of trades : das ständebuch" by Theodore K. Rabb is reviewed (Society for th...

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Published in:Print quarterly 2012-12, Vol.29, p.422-423
Main Author: Fox, Celina
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The book "Eygentliche beschreibung aller stände auff Erden" ("Exact description of all ranks on Earth"), a 1568 publication by Segmund Feyerabend translated and published as "A 16th-century book of trades : das ständebuch" by Theodore K. Rabb is reviewed (Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship, 2009). It contains 114 woodcuts by Jost Amman that depict various trades.
ISSN:0265-8305