De sacri Rom. imperii libera Civitate Noribergensi commentatio - Wagenseil, Johann Christoph 1633-1705 (Altdorf Kohlesius, 1697)
A Latin history of Nuremberg.
Contains the appendix 'Buch von der Meister-Singer holdseligen Kunst, Anfang, Fortübung, Nutzbarkeiten, und Lehrsätzen', which is the first research into the Meistersinger tradition. It discusses the origin of the guild, their Tabulaturen and customs. It also includes music examples by Müglin, Heinrich Frauenlob, Der Marner and Barthel Regenbogen. Though its accuracy has been doubted since the time of its publication, it remains an important account and formed the basis of accounts by Jean Paul and E. T. A. Hoffmann, as well as Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. [after wikipedia article on Johann Christoph Wagenseil]
Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633-1705), not to be confused with the composer Georg Christoph, was a historian, jurist and Hebraist
Contains plates: portrait (frontispiece) / fold out map of Nuremberg (page 7) / fold out at page 66 / plate page 138 / fold out plate heraldics page 183 / plate page 235 / fold out plate page 246 / plate page 275 / 12 pages of music after page 576 / 4 plates after the music
In both Latin and German
With a musical appendix: "Der Meisterliche Hort / in vier gekrönten Thönen"
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Music history; Historiography; History; Nuremberg (Germany)