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This first complete translation into modern English of 16th-century verses by Hans Sachs and engravings by Jost Ammam offers a vivid portrait of city life in Renaissance Germany. Covering 114 ranks (such as "king") and trades (including "thimblemaker"), it is a gold mine of insights into the society, values, and technology of the age, from the ordeal of dentistry to the contents of a locksmith's shop.
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A sixteenth-century book of trades, Hans Sachs
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- 2009
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- Title
- A sixteenth-century book of trades
- Language
- German
- Authors
- Hans Sachs
- Released
- 2009
- ISBN10
- 0930664280
- ISBN13
- 9780930664282
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- Illustrations
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- This first complete translation into modern English of 16th-century verses by Hans Sachs and engravings by Jost Ammam offers a vivid portrait of city life in Renaissance Germany. Covering 114 ranks (such as "king") and trades (including "thimblemaker"), it is a gold mine of insights into the society, values, and technology of the age, from the ordeal of dentistry to the contents of a locksmith's shop.