Ringer kunst funf und achtzig stücke zu ehren Kurfürstlichen gnaden zu Sachssen

The Art of Wrestling: 85 pieces to the honorable and gracious Electors of Saxony.
Fabian von Auerswald’s “Ringer kunst: funf und Achtzig Stücke” is one of the earliest printed books of wrestling, and has legitimate claims to a significant academic legacy: the eighty five plates described by the title, as well as the title plate and a portrait of the author, were created in the school of the notable painter and illustrator, Lucas Cranach the Elder. In addition, a note from the publisher, on the final page of the text, indicates that it was printed in Wittemberg in 1539, by Hans Lufft, who was also responsible for printing Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible, in the same city and at about the same time. English translation by James Klock (2005).