DÜRER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Underweysung der messung, mit dem zirckel unn richtscheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen. Nuremberg: [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider], 1525.

DÜRER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Underweysung der messung, mit dem zirckel unn richtscheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen. Nuremberg: [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider], 1525.



2° (289 x 199 mm). 90 leaves (with final blank). Numerous woodcuts of geometrical diagrams and architectural renderings, two, on 4v and Q1r, extended with pasted-in folding slips to demonstrate a point in perspective, two figures on C5v and K1r printed on pasted-in cancel slips correcting the original figures; two half-page woodcuts showing artists using Dürer\'s drafting apparatus for drawing in perspective, the second with Dürer\'s monogram and dated 1525 (as are 2 of the triumphal column cuts); roman and gothic alphabets. (Trimmed closely touching one letter on H3, I1 and image on M6 and Q3, some minor staining.) 18th-century vellum (lacks ties, some light darkening, small repair to lower cover). Provenance: Zwiefalten, Benedictines (inscription on front paste-down dated 1743).



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