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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · 1535 · Parisiis : Ex officina Christiani Wecheli, sub scuto Basiliensi · 77 pictures

Albrecht Dürer's 1535 Paris edition of his Latin geometry treatise, printed by Christian Wechel for painters, metalworkers, stonecutters and other craftsmen who measure with compass and rule. The four pictures are geometric diagrams with lettered points: a circle inscribed in a square, a looping spiral-like construction, a lattice of arcs and diagonals, and a circle with a dial of graduated lines, all drawn in plain black line on pale paper, useful to a designer for seeing how classical proportion and construction were drawn.

Perspective -- Early works to 1800 · Measurement -- Early works to 1800 · Lettering -- Germany -- Early works to 1800 · Lettering · Measurement · Perspective · Germany

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