Nuremberg (Germany) -- Description and travel; Nuremberg (Germany) -- History
we find a unique copy
of Hans Schmuttermeyer von Nürnberg, _Fialenbüchlein_, and also the
_Nürnberger Heiligtumsbüchlein_, published by Hans Mair, 1493. The
_Quatuor libri amorum_ of Conrad Celtes, poet and humanist, was
published at Nuremberg, 1502, with woodcuts after Durer (case xxi.).
Durer's writings on the _Proportions of the Human Frame_, on
_Perspective_, _Measurements_ and _Fortification_ figure in case xxiii.,
in which also the large coloured woodcuts of the "_Abbildung der
dreiundzwanzig vom schwäbischen Bunde im Jahre 1523 verbrannten
fränkischen Raubschlösser_," published at Nuremberg by Hans Wandereisen,
are conspicuous. To Nuremberg also was vouchsafed the honour of
publishing Melchior Pfinzing's _Theuerdank_ (1517),[71] although it
would appear to have been printed by Hans Schönsperger at Augsburg from
the handsome type (scarcely improved by the tremendous flourishes)
specially cut by Jost Dienecker of Antwerp. It was adorned with over a
hundred illustrations--hunting scenes and knightly conflicts--by Hans
Schäuffelein, Burgkmair and others. A copy of the second, 1519, edition
may be seen in case xxii.
After the death of Koberger, illustrated books in Nuremberg came chiefly
from the presses of Jobst Gutknecht and Peypus. Other printers here
were:--
Conrad Zeninger, 1480-1482.
Fratres Vitæ Communis, 1479-1491.
Georg Stuchs, 1484-1515.
Johann Petrejus, 1526-1550.
Alexander Kaufmann (Greek types).
Konrad Bauer, 1601. _Polyglot Bible._
Leonhard Heussler, 1596. Joachim Lochner's _Chronicle_.
Endter, 1668. Fugger's _Österreichischer Ehrenspiegel_ (case xxviii.).
In this case also is Grimmelshausen's _Simplicissimus_ (Nuremberg,
1685). In the next case (xxix.) is a copy of the pamphlet "_Deutschland
in seiner tiefen Erniederung_," 1806, which occasioned the execution of
the publisher Palm (see p. 269), "who fell a victim to the tyranny of
Napoleon."
Near this case are two old printing presses, and in case xxx. are the
bust, some manuscripts, and the collected works of Hans Sachs the
cobbler-poet.
ROOM 59.
Ship models, etc.
ROOM 60 (gallery of the Church).
Old weights and scales.
ROOM 61.
Scientific instruments, dials, early watches and watch-cocks.
Durer's Reissfeder. Regiomontanus' astronomical instruments.
ROOMS 62-66.
Old drugs and drug-stores, etc. The old apothecary's shop,
decorated with crocodiles and so forth, suggests the familiar scene
in Romeo and Juliet.
ROOMS 67-68.
Technical models, globes, maps, etc.
ROOM 70.
Banners of old Nuremberg guilds, signs of inns, trade-marks, etc.
ROOM 70A.
Early Nuremberg toys, dolls' houses, etc. We now come to the
PICTURE GALLERY,
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