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Bawkunst Oder Architectur aller fürnemsten Nothwendigsten angehörigen Mathematischen und Mechanischen Künsten eygentlicher Bericht und verständtliche Underrichtung zu rechtem Verstandt der Lehr Vitruvii in drey fürnemme Bücher abgetheilet

1582
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  • Title: Bawkunst Oder Architectur aller fürnemsten Nothwendigsten angehörigen Mathematischen und Mechanischen Künsten eygentlicher Bericht und verständtliche Underrichtung zu rechtem Verstandt der Lehr Vitruvii in drey fürnemme Bücher abgetheilet
  • Author: Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545)
  • Illustrator: Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg)
  • Illustrator: Hans Brosamer (German, active by 1536, probably died 1552)
  • Illustrator: Virgil Solis (German, (?) 1514–1562 Nuremberg)
  • Illustrator: Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig)
  • Printer: Sebastian Henricpetri (Swiss, 1527–1579)
  • Date: 1582
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. (31.3 x 20.5 x 3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.185
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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