16th Century Woodblock – Augsburg Knights Rebing and Saettelin Families (SOLD)

Knights of Augsburg
Circa 1580

Single Sheet with a depiction of a knight on each side of the paper.

16th Century Woodblocks from Paul Hector Mair’s “Geschlechter Buch ..der .. Statt Augspurg.” Published in Frankfurt am Main by Sigmund Feyerabend in 1580.  The artist was Christoph Weiditz II.

Each side of the page features a woodcut depicting a member of one of the great Augsburg families shown in full armor with their coats of arms beside them. The family names are given at the top.

These are the arms of the families Rehing or Rebing and Saettelin, pages 99 and 100 from the book (single sheet of paper printed on both sides)

Dimensions – Around 8 X 11.5 inches

SOLD