Warhafftige beschreibung des andern Zugs in Osterreich wider den Turcken gemeyner Christenheit Erbfeinde...
Sixteen leaves and five folding, hand-colored woodcut illustrations inserted in the text.
Title page with coat of arms of Frederick II, Count Palentine.
1. (inserted between L.5 and L.6): View of encampment outside Vienna.
2. (inserted between L.9 and L.10): An army marching to the left away from Laxenberg.
3. (inserted between L.10 and L.11): Frederick II commanding the Imperial forces against the Turks.
4. (inserted between L.13 and L.14): The Battle near Nevstadt.
5. (inserted between L.15 and L.16): Fredericks army marching toward Vienna, Charles V riding out to meet him.
According to Dodgson's description, a sixth woodcut, a portrait of Frederick II, is missing from this copy.
Title page with coat of arms of Frederick II, Count Palentine.
1. (inserted between L.5 and L.6): View of encampment outside Vienna.
2. (inserted between L.9 and L.10): An army marching to the left away from Laxenberg.
3. (inserted between L.10 and L.11): Frederick II commanding the Imperial forces against the Turks.
4. (inserted between L.13 and L.14): The Battle near Nevstadt.
5. (inserted between L.15 and L.16): Fredericks army marching toward Vienna, Charles V riding out to meet him.
According to Dodgson's description, a sixth woodcut, a portrait of Frederick II, is missing from this copy.
Artwork Details
- Title: Warhafftige beschreibung des andern Zugs in Osterreich wider den Turcken gemeyner Christenheit Erbfeinde...
- Artist: Michael Ostendorfer (German, (?) ca. 1490–1549 Regensburg)
- Author: Warhafftige
- Publisher: Jheronimum Formschneyder
- Date: 1539
- Medium: Letterpress and woodcut with hand coloring
- Dimensions: Sheet (18 sheets): 14 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (37.2 × 27 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints-Fete, Prints
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Flying Officer Walter Bigelow Rosen, 1956
- Object Number: 56.541.1(1-16)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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