Albertus Durerus Nurembergensis pictor huius 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

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, author, Camerarius, Joachim, 1500-1574, translator, Wechel, Chrestien, 1495-1554, printer, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1535 · 10 pictures

This 1535 Latin edition of Albrecht Dürer's geometry treatise, translated from German by Joachim Camerarius and printed in Paris by Chrestien Wechel, was written for painters, metalworkers, carpenters, stonecutters and anyone measuring work with compass or square. The pictures are woodcut diagrams of geometric letterforms, construction grids, polygons inscribed in circles and stepped curves, with clear construction lines and lettered points that a designer could use as a reference for building letters and shapes by hand.

Measurement · Lettering · Alphabet · Geometrical drawing · Perspective

Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library