Perspectivae Sintagma, in quo varia eximiaque corporum diagrammata ex praescripto Opticae exhibentur: inprimis necessarium & utile opus omnibus artis Perspectivae cultoribus
Jamnitzer, Wenzel
Amsterdam. J. Janssonius. 1626
Extremely scarce third edition of Jamnitzer's famous book on perspective, originally published as 'Perspectiva corporum regularium' in 1568.
Jamnitzer was the primary figure in a German family of gold- and silversmiths, sculptors, designers and draughtsmen. Hans Jamnitzer I (d. Nuremberg, between 19 Dec 1548 and 13 March 1549), a goldsmith of Vienna, settled his family in Nuremberg, where his descendants worked successfully for at least three generations. The most notable member of the family was his son Wenzel Jamnitzer (1508-1585). He was to become one of the most important perspective theorists of sixteenth century Germany, along with his contemporary and fellow goldsmith Hans Lencker and also Hans Hayden, all citizens of Nuremberg. Nuremberg was at the time the busiest European centre for the construction of scientific instruments making it an ideal place for the study of perspective and development of related theories. In his treatise Jamnitzer concentrates almost entirely on the drawing of regular and semi-regular polyhedra, following the example set by Leonardo da Vinci's drawings for Pacioli's Divina Proportione.
[See Cicognara 859 for the second edition].
Jamnitzer was the primary figure in a German family of gold- and silversmiths, sculptors, designers and draughtsmen. Hans Jamnitzer I (d. Nuremberg, between 19 Dec 1548 and 13 March 1549), a goldsmith of Vienna, settled his family in Nuremberg, where his descendants worked successfully for at least three generations. The most notable member of the family was his son Wenzel Jamnitzer (1508-1585). He was to become one of the most important perspective theorists of sixteenth century Germany, along with his contemporary and fellow goldsmith Hans Lencker and also Hans Hayden, all citizens of Nuremberg. Nuremberg was at the time the busiest European centre for the construction of scientific instruments making it an ideal place for the study of perspective and development of related theories. In his treatise Jamnitzer concentrates almost entirely on the drawing of regular and semi-regular polyhedra, following the example set by Leonardo da Vinci's drawings for Pacioli's Divina Proportione.
[See Cicognara 859 for the second edition].
Small 4to. (261 x 185 mm). Title page with engraved border, two leaves with printed text recto and verso, two unsigned folding plates and 49 double-page engraved plates by Jost Amman after Jamnitzer (as called for by Cicognara) with signatures A1 - A6, B1 - B6, C1 - C6, D1 - D6, E1 - E6, F1 - F6, G1 - G6, H1 - H4, and I1 -I 3. Title trimmed to neat-line and mounted, 2 leaves of text and 2 folding plates also trimmed. Very mild foxing to outer edge of margins, small patch of damp-staining to upper edge of final seven plates not affecting image. A well preserved and wide-margined copy, Later full red morocco, boards with triple gilt rules, banded spine with gilt decorative tooling and morocco label with gilt title in seven compartments, marbled endpapers.
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