Der Dannhauser : wie er in Fraw Venus Berg gezogen und wie es im alda ergangen ist, etc
A German chapbook of 1575 printed by Samuel Apiarius, recounting the legend of the knight Tannhäuser and his journey into Venus's mountain, aimed at a popular reading public. Its single hand-coloured woodcut shows a richly dressed rider in a wide-brimmed red hat on a pale horse, with a companion on a second horse beside him, framed by a rectangular border under the title; a designer might take from it the bold flat colour, the woodcut outline style, and the compact framed picture set within a dense black-letter title block.
