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Of the just shaping of letters

Title: Of the just shaping of letters / from the Applied geometry of Albrecht Dürer, book III. [Translated by R.T. Nichol from the Latin text of the edition of 1535].
Author: Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528
Publication: New York : Dover Publications, [1965]

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Uniform Title

Etliche Underricht zu Befestigung der Stett, Schloss und Flecken. English

Alternative Title

Etliche Underricht zu Befestigung der Stett, Schloss und Flecken.

Subject

Lettering

Note

"Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by the Grolier Club in 1917."

Source (note)

of the Dedalus Foundation;

Contents

Of letters -- Directions for the construction of the text or quadrate letters.

Call Number

3-MCK D85 86-1895

ISBN

0486213064
9780486213064

LCCN

64018848

OCLC

519840

Author

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.

Title

Of the just shaping of letters / from the Applied geometry of Albrecht Dürer, book III. [Translated by R.T. Nichol from the Latin text of the edition of 1535].

Imprint

New York : Dover Publications, [1965]

Description

40 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Summary

A highly interesting facet of the work of a master eloquent in various spheres of art, this historically important little book is principally concerned with setting up precise rules for the geometric construction of Roman capitals. Written by Dürer in 1525.

Source

Copy in ReCAP 25-14796 Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2025. NN

Added Author

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. Unterweisung der Messung. Book 3. English.

Dedalus Foundation, donor. NN

Robert Motherwell Book Collection (New York Public Library. Art Division)

Research Call Number

ReCAP 25-14796

3-MCK D85 86-1895

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