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Underweysung der Messung (Teaching of Measurement)
Illustrated by: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Author: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Printer: Hieronymus Andreae (German, died in 1556)
Author: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Printer: Hieronymus Andreae (German, died in 1556)
1538
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Book illustrated with numerous woodcuts and diagrams
Dimensions
Closed book: 29.7 x 20.4 x 2 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Each sheet: 29.2 x 20.3 cm (11 1/2 x 8 in.)
Block (Man Drawing a Vase): 8.3 x 21.5 cm (3 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Block (Man Drawing a Nude): 7.5 x 21.5 cm (2 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Each sheet: 29.2 x 20.3 cm (11 1/2 x 8 in.)
Block (Man Drawing a Vase): 8.3 x 21.5 cm (3 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Block (Man Drawing a Nude): 7.5 x 21.5 cm (2 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number35.53
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg: Hieronymus Andreae (Formschneider), 1538
Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, Books, XXVI, 3rd German ed.; Murray, German, 150; Hollstein 26c
Description(Nuremberg: Hieronymus Andreae [Formschneider], 1538) Folio; 94 leaves; modern half dark-green morocco, green cloth boards (Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London).
Illustrations: as in 1525 edition (diagrams, letterforms), with the first appearance of Artist Drawing a Vase and Artist Drawing a Female Nude (fol. Q3v).
Illustrations: as in 1525 edition (diagrams, letterforms), with the first appearance of Artist Drawing a Vase and Artist Drawing a Female Nude (fol. Q3v).
ProvenancePurchased from unknown source by MFA, February 7, 1935.