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Grondige onderrichtinge in de optica, ofte Perspective Konste


Institutio artis perspectivæ
Complete Instruction in Optics, or the Art of Perspective
Author: Hendrik Hondius, the Elder (Dutch, 1573–1650)
Illustrated by: Hendrik Hondius, the Elder (Dutch, 1573–1650)
Printer: Frederik de Wit (Dutch, 1629–1706)
Dutch
1647
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved title and 36 engravings
Dimensions 31.7 x 20.4 x 2.2 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession Number1972.1058
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: Frederik de Wit, 1647

Catalogue Raisonné New Hollstein, Hondius, pp. 188ff., nos. 259-94; Berlin 4709 (1622 ed.)
Description(Amsterdam: Frederik de Wit, 1647); quarto; 51 leaves; contemporary vellum, beige linen box. Fourth edition (first was 1622).

Fourth edition (first was 1622). Illustrations of geometric figures, interiors, stairways, buildings, views, rendered in diagrammed perspective
ProvenanceArthur and Charlotte Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, December 13, 1972.