Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder, Abriss der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten
Image Count:
1
Description:
Facing p. 99.
Subject (Geographic):
United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783, United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Congresses, and United States. Continental Congress, 1776
A late medieval German poem of advice to young and old women, Der frawen Spiegel defines the ideal qualities, activities, and virtues of married and unmarried women. This rare edition is illustrated with one of the earliest examples of a chiaroscuro woodcut. Made especially for this volume, the illustration shows two women holding up a mirror. One, provocatively dressed, represents the unmarried girl, the other, in more matronly attire, the married woman mentioned in the title.
Alternative Title:
Frauen Spiegel and Frauenspiegel
Description:
Weller gives date of ca. 1520.
Publisher:
[Johann Schoensperger the younger]
Subject (Topic):
Wives --Conduct of life --Early works to 1800 and Women --Conduct of life --Early works to 1800
Bethge (1876-1946) was a minor poet and fiction writer, one of whose claims to fame was that Mahler used his poems in Das Lied von der Erde. The title story in this collection of novellas describes a journey by boat from Marseille to Veracruz and one of the passengers, an enigmatic Englishman and his even stranger companion, a yellow cat with a coat “almost like saffron.” The modest Jungstil volume was designed by the German artist Leo Prochownik.