LIVRE DE TOURNOIS, VAT. ROSS. 711 DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE APOSTOLIQUE VATICANE.
Edited by Lotte Kurras. Two Volumes.
- Paris, France: Editions Ebory, (1984).
- 4to
- facsimile is bound in full tan pigskin with gilt and red armorial crest embossed on front board, quarter tan pigskin charcoal gray boards, commentary volume bound in quarter tan pigskin charcoal gray boards, together in velvet-lined slipcase.
- 86; 75 pages
- ISBN: none
Price: $200.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 139039
Facsimile of first edition originally published in 1615 limited to 500 copies. Fine in fine slipcase. Contains both the facsimile (German) and the commentary volume (French). Signed in the colophon by the Prefect of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Mgr. Alfons M. Stickler.
Superb facsimile of the manuscript "Tournament Book" created by Imperial Herald George Rixner in 1615. The lavish manuscript records aristocratic lineage of a south-western German family and depicts the accoutrements and pageantry of the tournament.
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