Dürer, Albrecht.

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Description

Underweysung der messung mit dem zirckel unn richtscheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen. (Nuremberg): [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneyder], 1525

folio (285 x 186mm.), woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations, replacement woodcut diagrams pasted onto C5 verso and K1 recto, paper extensions to diagrams pasted to P4 verso and Q1 recto, nineteenth-century half burgundy morocco, red edges with gilt gauffering, a few diagrams shaved, occasional slight staining, extremities slightly rubbed

Provenance

Theodor, Freiherr v. Cramer-Klett, armorial bookplate; Reuter, armorial bookplate

Literature

Norman 665; PMM 54; VD16 D2857

Catalogue Note

first edition of Dürer's treatise on mensuration, subsequently issued in Latin translation.