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Ryff, Walther Hermann, -1548 · 1547 · Zu Nürnberg : Truckts Johan Petreius · 33 pictures

A 1547 German treatise on architecture, perspective, surveying and gunnery by Walther Hermann Ryff, printed in Nuremberg by Johan Petreius to explain Vitruvius to builders and craftsmen. Its pictures are precise line engravings of circles with chords and construction lines, a classical column with a hoisting machine, and a vaulted interior in linear perspective, offering a designer clear models of geometric construction and architectural perspective.

Perspective -- Early works to 1800 · Art -- Technique -- Early works to 1800 · Fortification -- Early works to 1800 · Gunnery -- Early works to 1800 · Surveying -- Early works to 1800 · Measurement -- Early works to 1800

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