Durer, Albrecht.

UNDERWEYSUNG DER MESSUNG, MIT DEM ZIRCKEL VON RICHTSCHEYT IN LINIEN EBNEN UNND GANTZEN CORPOREN

      (Nuremberg: Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider, 1525). Rare First Edition. Profusely illustrated with woodcut designs on almost every page, comprising geometrical diagrams, architectural designs, and alphabetic characters; two large woodcuts (one signed in the block by Durer) of artists using apparatus for drawing in perspective; pasted-on cancel diagrams on C5v and K1r; pasted-on folding slips on P4v and Q1r extending the diagrams. Folio, well bound in 19th Century half morocco over marbled boards, the edges of the text block with handsome gold chiseling on a red background A very handsome copy, very pleasing and very well preserved with some innocuous light evidence of antique staining to a few leaves..