COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader 19439
Reference Number:
19439
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Underweysung der messung, mit dem zirckel un[d] richtscheyt, in linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen
Creator:
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1525
Publication Details:
Nüremberg : H. Andreas Formschneider
Description:
Divided into four books with continuous register. Pasted-on cancels to illustrations on leaves C5v, fig. 36, lower right; & K1r, fig. 26. 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. Circa 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. Two figs. (59 and 61, book 4) are extended by means of flaps, on which the observer of the constructions is portrayed. Circa 34 prints: woodcut; full-page (8) or smaller. Diagrams for and depictions of monumental alphabets (roman and black letter), 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 black letter alphabets (leaves M2r-M3r). Imperfect: wanting final blank leaf . Leaves of gathering G (beginning of book 3) bound out of sequence: G6, G2-5, G1; leaf G6 is also inverted (verso followed by recto).
Keyword:
Geometry; Mathematics.
Language Code:
ger
Language:
German
Subject:
Measurement--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Art--Technique--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Geometrical drawing--Early works to 1800.
Subject:
Perspective--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
16th Century CE
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-11-14
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands