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Title

Vnderweysung der Messung, mit dem Zirckel vn[d] Richtscheyt, in Linien Ebnen vnnd gantzen Corporen / durch Albrecht Dürer zůsamen getzoge[n], vnd zů Nutz alle[n] Kunstlieb habenden mit zů gehörigen Figuren, in Truck gebracht, im Jar M.D.XXv.

Author

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.

Publication

Gedruckt zů Nüremberg : [s.n.], im 1525. Jar.

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Additional Authors

Formschneyder, Hieronymus, -1546.

Description

[180] p. (p. [179-180] blank) : ill.; 31 cm. (fol.)

Alternative Title

Underweysung der Messung.

Subjects

• Perspective > Early works to 1800
• Art > Technique > Early works to 1800
• Measurement > Early works to 1800
• Geometrical drawing > Early works to 1800
• Alphabets > Early works to 1800
• Lettering > Early works to 1800

Note

• Place and date of printing from colophon, leaf Q3r; lacking in some copies (cf. Bohatta, no. 2; Meder, Ausg. B). VD 16 gives printer as Hieronymus Andreae (i.e. H. Andreae, known as Formschneyder), known to have founded the Fraktur type used in this and other Dürer works; for discussion, cf. "Buchkundlicher Exkurs" by Alvin Jaeggli, in the Zurich, 1966 facsimile ed. of Unterweisung der Messung.
• "1. Deutsche Ausgabe ... Ausgabe A"--Meder.
• Title page in earliest (no. 1a) of 3 variant states described by Bohatta.
• Signatures: A-N⁶, O-Q⁴ (Q4 blank).
• Cancels on C5v, fig. 36, lower right; K1r, fig. 26.
• Watermarks: Meder, nos. 20, 158.
• Illustrations: 2 prints : woodcut ; image 14 x 15 cm., 14 x 19 cm. Subject: Draftsman drawing a seated man; draftsman drawing a lute. Latter signed in block with monogram and dated 1525. References: Meder 268-269; Tietze 939-940; Panofsky, E. Albrecht Dürer, 361-362; Strauss, W.L. Albrecht Dürer, woodcuts, 201-202. -- Ca. 148 prints : woodcut ; double-page (1), full-page or smaller. Numbered as figs. 1-50 (book 1), 1-36 (book 2), 1-62 (books 3-4); some errors in numbering. Chiefly diagrams; include several designs for architectural details and monuments (e.g. figs. 15-17, book 3: a triumphal column; a satirical monument for the Peasants' War, 1525; a monument for a drunkard). References (monuments): Meder XXVI; Tietze 938 a-d; Panofsky 454; Strauss 205 a-c. Two figs. (59 and 61, book 4) are extended by means of flaps, on which the observer of the constructions is portrayed. References: Tietze 938 e-f. -- Ca. 34 prints : woodcut ; full-page (8) or smaller. Diagrams for and depictions of monumental alphabets (roman and Textur), comprising illustrated instructions for each roman letter (leaves K2r-L3v); full-page diagrams for and depictions of roman alphabets (leaves L4r-L6r); and full-page diagram for and depictions of Textur alphabets (leaves M2r-M3r).
• Ill. perhaps cut by the presumed printer, Formschneyder; cf. Panofsky, I, p. 46; Jaeggli.
• Errata: leaf Q3v.

Indexed In (note)

• PMM
• VD 16
• Meder, J. Dürer-Kat.
• Tietze & Tietze-Conrat. Krit. Verz. der Werke Albrecht Dürers
• Bohatta, H. Versuch einer Bib. der kunsttheoretischen Werke Albrecht Dürers
• Bohatta's description is reprinted in: Mende, M. Dürer-Bibliographie, p. 451-452.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1525 91-317

LCCN

43045132

OCLC

NYPG91-B60199

Author

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.

Title

Vnderweysung der Messung, mit dem Zirckel vn[d] Richtscheyt, in Linien Ebnen vnnd gantzen Corporen / durch Albrecht Dürer zůsamen getzoge[n], vnd zů Nutz alle[n] Kunstlieb habenden mit zů gehörigen Figuren, in Truck gebracht, im Jar M.D.XXv.

Imprint

Gedruckt zů Nüremberg : [s.n.], im 1525. Jar.

Indexed In:

PMM 54

VD 16 D2856

Meder, J. Dürer-Kat., XXVI

Tietze & Tietze-Conrat. Krit. Verz. der Werke Albrecht Dürers, 938

Bohatta, H. Versuch einer Bib. der kunsttheoretischen Werke Albrecht Dürers, 1

Bohatta's description is reprinted in: Mende, M. Dürer-Bibliographie, p. 451-452.

Local Note

"14 L. 6 di. 1526 24 Martij. Ligatori 54 di. 1526, ad.(?) i. Aprilis. Constat enim vetus-guld iste libellus, sex Pfundt viii (?) Pfennig: Heredi cedat amico (?)"--Ms. inscription, leaf Q3v, initialed b.z.; ms. correction and annotation, apparently in the same hand, on leaf K1, initialed b.c. on K1r.

With: Peurbach, Georg von. Quadratu[m] geometricu[m] praeclarissimi mathematici Georgij Burbachij. Impressum Nurenberge : Per Ioannem Stuchs, anno domini 1516, xvii. die mensis Iunii. Bound together subsequent to publication.

Binding: 18th century (?) gray paper boards. End leaves from original binding preserved, with watermark similar to Meder, no. 26.

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Added Author

Formschneyder, Hieronymus, -1546. Wood engraver

Added Title

Underweysung der Messung.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1525 91-317