Nürnbergisches Schönbart-Buch und Gesellen-Stechen. [Nuremberg: 1765.] 104 pp. 10 hand-colored folding engraved plates. 4to (220 x 170 mm). Period half vellum. Lightly rubbed. The Schoenbart or Schembart festival celebrates a medieval craftsmen's revolt in Nuremberg. The participants wore carved wooden masks (scheme), often with a beard (bart). Lipperheide 2851. Provenance: Holzschuh family (early ink stamp on title). See illustration.
Nürnbergisches Schönbart-Buch und Gesellen-Stechen. [Nuremberg: 1765.] 104 pp. 10 hand-colored folding engraved plates. 4to (220 x 170 mm). Period half vellum. Lightly rubbed. The Schoenbart or Schembart festival celebrates a medieval craftsmen's revolt in Nuremberg. The participants wore carved wooden masks (scheme), often with a beard (bart). Lipperheide 2851. Provenance: Holzschuh family (early ink stamp on title). See illustration.
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