Mathematical Treasure: Albrecht Dürer’s Vnderweysung der Messung

German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was interested in the geometry of proportion and perspective. In 1525 he published a treatise called Vnderweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel vnd Richtscheyt (Measurement calculations with compass and ruler). Another Mathematical Treasure provides images from a 1538 Latin translation.

The title page of the first edition:

Sample pages from the text:

A full digitization of the copy owned by the Getty Research Institute is available from the Internet Archive.

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