The book of trades (Ständebuch)
By: [by] Jost Amman & Hans Sachs. With a new introd. by Benjamin A. Rifkin.
Contributors: Amman, Jost, 1539-1591, illus.; Rifkin, Benjamin A., ed.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Occupations -- Poetry
Notes: Reprint of the author's Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden published in 1568. "The following English-language material has been specially prepared for the present edition: a preface and introduction (with 26 additional illustrations) by Benjamin A. Rifkin; a note on the text and the translations; prose summaries of the 114 poems by Hans Sachs; a verse translation of the 'Conclusion;' and an index of ranks and occupations."