Vnderweysung der Messung : mit dem Zirkel vn[d] Richtscheyt in Linien, Ebnen vnnd gantzen Corporen

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. Unterweisung der Messung · 1525 · Gedruckt zü Nuremberg : [s.n.] · 236 pictures

Albrecht Dürer's treatise on measurement with compass and straightedge, printed in Nuremberg in 1525 for painters, goldsmiths, masons and other craftsmen needing practical geometry. The 241 woodcuts are bare line diagrams — inscribed polygons, spirals, conic sections, lettering grids, perspective constructions and solids — labelled in blackletter, useful as schematic line art, geometric motifs and alphabet-construction templates.

Art · Measurement · Geometrical drawing · Lettering · Perspective

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