Albertvs Dvrervs Nvrembergensis pictor hvivs aetatis celeberrimus, versus è Germanica lingua in Latinam : pictoribus, fabris aerariis ac lignariis, lapicidis, statuariis, & vniuersis demum qui circino, gnomone, libella, aut alioqui certa mensura opera sua examinant, propè necessarius, adeò exactè : quatuor his suaru[m] Institutionum geometricarum libris, lineas, superficies & solida corpora tractauit, adhibitis designationibus ad eam rem accommodatissimis : denuo ad scripti exemplaris fidem omnia diligenter recognita, emendatius iam in lucem exeunt (1535)

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · Parisiis : Ex officina Christiani Wecheli, sub scuto Basiliensi · leaf 77

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