SC - OT - hunting book

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    Oh, yes, please . . . it looks like I might be doing a Hunters feast
next Feb, and it'd be great to illuminate the Boke of the Feast I want to do
for presentation.

    Sieggy

- ----- Original Message -----
> --- "Cindy M. Renfrow" <cindy at thousandeggs.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > At a junk shop today I found what appeared to be 6
> > framed foolscap-sized
> > (~19.5 x 10 inches) color reprints of "Jagdbuch des
> > Herzogs Johann Casimir
> > von Sachsen-Coburg" (The hunting book of Duke Johann
> > Casimir of
> > Saxe-Coburg). Upon cleaning, I discovered a second
> > print under each of the
> > top ones, for a total of 12 (January thru December).
> >  The prints have names
> > like "Digging for badgers" and "Hunting Feast".
> >
> > A paper on the back of the reprints says  the
> > original was done between
> > 1639-1646, probably by Wolfgang Birckner (b. 1580).
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has heard of this book
> > before?
> >
> > And yes, if anyone is interested, I'll scan them
> > (but each illus. will have
> > to be in 2 parts).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Cindy