[Simmern: Hieronymus Rodler, 1531]
Two woodcuts, one with letterpress in black and red ink; very scarce; sheets 290 x 185mm (11½ x 7¼") and 175 x 170mm (7 x 6¾"). Both glued to backing sheet.
Two woodcut illustrations of artists at work, one showing five men at work in a studio, the other showing an artist depicting the view from his window. From Hieronymus Rodler's 'Eyn schön nützlich büchlin und underweisung der kunst des Messens mit dem Zirckel Richtscheidt oder Linial. Zu nutz allen kunstliebhabern furnemlich den Malern, Bildhawern, Goldschmiden, Seidenstickern, Steynmetzen, Schreinern, auch allen andern, so sich der kunst des Messens (Perspectiva zu latin gnant) zugebrauchen lust haben...' (1531). Rodler adapted ideas from Albrecht Dürer's 1525 'Unterweysung der Messung', simplifying them to make them accessible to a wider range of craftsmen.
[Ref: 43669] £480.00
Two woodcuts, one with letterpress in black and red ink; very scarce; sheets 290 x 185mm (11½ x 7¼") and 175 x 170mm (7 x 6¾"). Both glued to backing sheet.
Two woodcut illustrations of artists at work, one showing five men at work in a studio, the other showing an artist depicting the view from his window. From Hieronymus Rodler's 'Eyn schön nützlich büchlin und underweisung der kunst des Messens mit dem Zirckel Richtscheidt oder Linial. Zu nutz allen kunstliebhabern furnemlich den Malern, Bildhawern, Goldschmiden, Seidenstickern, Steynmetzen, Schreinern, auch allen andern, so sich der kunst des Messens (Perspectiva zu latin gnant) zugebrauchen lust haben...' (1531). Rodler adapted ideas from Albrecht Dürer's 1525 'Unterweysung der Messung', simplifying them to make them accessible to a wider range of craftsmen.
[Ref: 43669] £480.00