Main entry:

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.

Title & Author:

Alberti Dureri clarissimi pictoris et geometræ de sym[m]etria partium in rectis formis hu[m]anorum corporum, libri in Latinum conversi.

Publication:

Norimbergæ : Excudebatur opus ... In ædib. viduæ Durerianæ., M.D. XXXII. (1532)

Description:

[160] leaves : illustrations ; 31 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Translation by Joachim Camerarius of books 1 and 2 of Vier buc̈her von menschlicher Proportion.
Imprint from colophon.
Woodcut monogram of author on t.p.
Vol. 1 imprint from colophon, which reads: "Norimbergae excubatur opus aestate anni A Christo seruatore genito MDXXII ..."
Vol. 2 has colophon: "Finitum opus Anno a salutifero partu. 1534. 9. Cal. Decemb. Impensis viduae Durerianae, per Hieronymum Formschneyder Norinbergae."
Issued with: the author's De varietate figurarum ... Norinbergae 1534.
Brunet, v. 2, column 914
Osler, W. Catalogue, 4757
Choulant, J.L. Anatomic ill., p. l45
In Latin translated from German, with Greek references; Fraktur script.

Subject:

Anatomy, Artistic Early works to 1800.
Proportion (Anthropometry) Early works to 1800.
Body size Early works to 1800.
Anatomie artistique Ouvrages avant 1800.
Proportions (Anthropométrie) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Constitution corporelle Ouvrages avant 1800.
Anatomy, Artistic
Body size
Proportion (Anthropometry)

Form/genre:

Early works

Added entries:

Camerarius, Joachim, 1500-1574, translator.
Germany Nuremberg.

Vier buc̈her von menschlicher proportion

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 71204
Call No.: 5797
Status: Available