Maximilian was also a writer of books, and his writings display his inordinate vanity. His _Geheimes Jagdbuch_, containing about 2500 words, is a treatise purporting to teach his grandsons the art of hunting. He inspired the production of _The Dangers and Adventures of the Famous Hero and Knight Sir Teuerdank_, an allegorical poem describing his adventures on his journey to marry Mary of Burgundy. The emperor's share in the work is not clear, but it seems certain that the general scheme and many of the incidents are due to him. It was first published at Nuremberg by Melchior Pfintzing in 1517, and was adorned with woodcuts by Hans Leonhard Schäufelein. The _Weisskunig_ was long regarded as the work of the emperor's secretary, Marx Treitzsaurwein, but it is now believed that the greater part of the book at least is the work of the emperor himself. It is an unfinished autobiography containing an account of the achievements of Maximilian, who is called "the young white king." It was first published at Vienna in 1775. He also is responsible for _Freydal_, an allegorical account of the tournaments in which he took part during his wooing of Mary of Burgundy; _Ehrenpforten_, _Triumphwagen_ and _Der weisen könige Stammbaum_, books concerning his own history and that of the house of Habsburg, and works on various subjects, as _Das Stahlbuch_, _Die Baumeisterei_ and _Die Gärtnerei_. These works are all profusely illustrated, some by Albrecht Dürer, and in the preparation of the woodcuts Maximilian himself took the liveliest interest. A facsimile of the original editions of Maximilian's autobiographical and semi-autobiographical works has been published in nine volumes in the _Jahrbücher der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Kaiserhauses_ (Vienna, 1880-1888). For this edition S. Laschitzer wrote an introduction to _Sir Teuerdank_, Q. von Leitner to _Freydal_, and N. A. von Schultz to _Der Weisskunig_. The Holbein society issued a facsimile of _Sir Teuerdank_ (London, 1884) and _Triumphwagen_ (London, 1883).