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Underweysung der Messung
Etliche underricht zu befestigung der Stett Schloss und flecken
Vier Büchen von menschlicher Proportion
Opera Alberti Dureri. Das ist alle Bücher des weitberühmbten und künstreichen Mathematici und Mahlers Albrechten Durers von Nürenberg
Underweysung der Messung
Etliche underricht zu befestigung der Stett Schloss und flecken
Vier Büchen von menschlicher Proportion
Illustrated by: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Author: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Printer: Jan Jansen (Netherlandish, died in 1630)
Author: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Printer: Jan Jansen (Netherlandish, died in 1630)
1604
Place of Publication: Arnheim, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 21.3 x 4.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gaffield
Accession NumberBR480
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Arnheim: Jan Jansen, 1604
Catalogue Raisonné
VD17 3:315265B; Meder, Books, XXVI (4th Germ. ed.), XXVIII (4th Germ. ed.), XXIX (2nd Germ. ed.); Hollstein, German, 26d, 27f, 28b
Description(Arnheim: Jan Jansen, 1604) Folio; 253 leaves; nineteenth-century half blind-stamped brown calf (red label), pastepaper boards.
Illustrations from Albrecht Dürer's treatises on measurement, perspective, and letter construction; fortifications; and human proportion.
Illustrations from Albrecht Dürer's treatises on measurement, perspective, and letter construction; fortifications; and human proportion.
ProvenanceThomas Gaffield, by whom given to the MFA, October 1895.