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1965rif. 214519Geneva Switzerland: Albert Skira 1965. First edition. Small hardcover. 140 pages. The 43 volume of the "Taste of Our Time series. Features text by Ludwig Grote. Includes numerous tipped in color plates selected bibliography index and a list of plates. A near fine copy in cloth boards and with the small ownership signature of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Frank Bidart and in a very good dust jacket with a tear to the base of the spine and some other light wear. A nice copy with an interesting provenance. Albert Skira unknown books
1992rif. 2337381Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1992. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Reprint. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 1992 Trade Paperback. xiv 247 pp. "Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 was one of the world's great artistic geniuses unique among his contemporaries in his ability to translate the basic principles of the Italian Renaissance into the northern European style to which he was born. In addition he was an exemplary figure of the early Reformation: one of the first people to become interested in Martin Luther's writings he also counted most of Germany's leading humanists among his friends. This major biography links Durer's artistic development to his personal life and to the turbulent history of pre-Reformation Europe. Princeton University Press paperback books
1971rif. 150042New York: Grossman Publishers 1971. First edition. Hardcover. A posthumously released book that shows the work process for Jarrell with a look at the manuscript for the title poem accompanied by illustrations by Durer. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Grossman Publishers unknown books
2011rif. 88189Munich: Prestel Verlag 2011. Second Edition. Folio 38cm; pictorial paper-covered boards with titling on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; publisher's pictorial slipcase; 299pp; colorful and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Pictorial bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper unclipped with trival surface wear else Near Fine. Publisher's slipcase has modest shelf-wear with light rubbing; Very Good. Graduate of the University of Munich focuses this text on the works of German painter Albrecht Dürer. 88189. Prestel Verlag unknown books
1528rif. 375684Nuremberg: Jeronymus Formschneyder 1528. First edition. Dürer's large woodcut monogram on title; woodcut proportional figures throughout many two to a page; woodcut ornamental flourishes. 134 leaves plus 4 folded double-page leaves printed on both sides. 1 vols. Folio. Full brown levant by Bedford decoratively stamped and tooled in gilt; title stamped in gilt on spine; a.e.g. Front board rehinged to highest standard; V5-6 closely trimmed but complete. A beautiful copy. First edition. Dürer's large woodcut monogram on title; woodcut proportional figures throughout many two to a page; woodcut ornamental flourishes. 134 leaves plus 4 folded double-page leaves printed on both sides. 1 vols. Folio. First edition of Albrecht Dürer's "Four Books on Human Proportion" his iconic treatise on the geometry of the human body published posthumously for his widow in 1528 six months after his death. Best known for both his highly-detailed engravings and woodcuts as well as portraits - in particular those of himself - Dürer had shown early promise as an artist. At the age of fifteen he apprenticed with Michael Wolgemut who also lived in Nuremburg and specialized in woodcuts. While Dürer was training there Wolgemut's workshop began work on the over 1800 illustrations in the famous 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle published by Dürer's godfather Anton Koberger and he may have contributed to several of them. After travels to Italy and marriage Dürer settled in Nuremburg and opened his own workshop where he integrated the Italian aesthetics he absorbed on his journeys into the Northern forms of his upbringing and training. In addition to painting and engraving he also began codifying his theoretical approaches to art and perspective. The first of these works "Four Books on Measurement" "Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richt Scheyt" published in 1525 dealt with geometry and as he stated in the introduction it was intended "not only for painters but also for goldsmiths sculptors stonemasons carpenters and all those for whom using measurement is useful." A second book "Various Lessons on the Fortification of Cities Castles and Localities" "Etliche Underricht zu Befestigung der Stett Schloss und Flecken" was issued in 1527. "Four Books on Human Proportion" is considered his textual masterpiece however. The first book - primarily written from 1512-1513 - explores five different types of male and female figures all based on his personal observations each divided into fractions of height while the second book examines a further eight anatomical models using Leon Battista Alberti's concepts of linear perspective. In the third book Dürer provides operative principles by which the proportions of human physiognomy can be modified and the fourth concerns his theories of movement. An important additional essay by Dürer on aesthetics was included at the rear of the book in which he differentiated himself from prior theoriticians on the human form such as Leonardo da Vinci and Marcus Vitruvius. While clearly influenced by their work Dürer was less interested in celebrating corporeal paragons than surveying the many varieties of bodily shapes and sizes as well as the manners in which those figures moved through the world. As he himself noted "I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men." A CHOICE COPY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND INFLUENTIAL BOOK ON ANTHROPOMETRY. VD16 ZV 23128. Provenance: Robert Hoe his morocco label; sold Anderson Galleries April 1912 lot 1050; to Albert Gallatin Sr. and by descent in the family Jeronymus Formschneyder unknown books
2003rif. 51511Albertina: Hatje Cantz 2003. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. First printing of this beautifully illustrated comprehensive collection of the German Renaissance artist's work with contributions from a number of Dürer experts. 11.5'' x 9.75''. Original blue-gray cloth boards front and spine lettered in black. In original color pictorial jacket no price as issued. 367 illustrations 284 of which are in color. Text in German. 545 1 pages. Jacket with light edgewear some toning to jacket spine and verso of top edge. Book with couple faint spots to edges leaves slightly toned at margins. Hatje Cantz unknown books
1924rif. 367850Cambridge: Dunster House 1924. One of 350 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge 1923. Text and illustrations printed within red rules. 39 1 imprint pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Black boards marbled endpapers printed spine label. Label toned. Unopened. Fine. One of 350 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge 1923. Text and illustrations printed within red rules. 39 1 imprint pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The designs were printed by Bruce Rogers from blocks prepared by Emery Walker based on the first edition of Dürer's treatise on geometry Unterweysung 1525 where they appear in book III. The Work of Bruce Rogers 332 Dunster House unknown books
1988rif. 83250NY: Hacker Art Books 1988. First printing of this issue originally published in 1971. 4to. xxiv 295 pp w/selected bibliography. Fine in decorated full cloth. No dust jacket as issued. NY: Hacker Art Books, hardcover books
1973rif. 69681Manchester & Toronto: Manchester University/University of Toronto Press 1973. First edition. viii 154 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a light wrinkle near base of spine. Manchester & Toronto: Manchester University/University of Toronto Press unknown books
1955rif. 69683Princeton: Princeton University Press 1955. Fourth edition. xxxii 315 pp 150 pp. Near fine in full cloth lacking dust jacket. Princeton: Princeton University Press, hardcover books
rif. 527271971. TERENCE. Andria: A Comedy by Terence. 122 4 pp. Folio 347 x 250 mm bound in beige paper boards backed in vellum title gilt on spine t.e.g. in green cloth slipcase. Verona: Officina Bodoni 1971. One of 160 copies. This edition brings to fruition one part of an illustrated edition of Terence that was planned by Basel printer Johann Amerbach in 1493. A number of illustrations for Amerbach's edition were completed by Albrecht Durer before the project was eventually abandoned. For the Bodoni edition of Andria Terence's first comedy twenty five of Durer's illustrations for the Amerbach Terence were copied and cut by engraver Fritz Kredel. The text is based on Richard Bernard's English translation which was first published in 1598. Set in Dante type and pressed on Fratelli Magnani paper. A pristine copy. hardcover books
1900rif. 198780Leipzig/Munchen: G. Hirth's Verlag 1900. Number 87 of 460 copies produced. Hardcover. Fair Ex-library; bookplate ifc; boards are detached and very heavily worn and peeled all over; spine strip is missing; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean but toned with occasional smudging/foxing. Three-quarter bound boards with red letter and brown marbled paper; unpaginated; richly illustrated with plates. Text in German. Book concern's Durer's pen drawings and woodcuts. G. Hirth's Verlag hardcover books
1900rif. 192859Munchen: G. Hirth 1900. Hardcover. Good Cover has general wear water staining discoloration damage at cover hinge. Bookblock has age toning. German Language text. Tan leather boads with pressed in decorative elements. Rough cut interior pages. Entirely plates. Albrecht Dürer's pen drawings and woodcuts. G. Hirth hardcover books
1910rif. 190371Wien/ Leipzig: F. Tempsky/ G. Freytag 1910. Hardcover. As-Is Reading copy only missing spine and rear cover last few pages missing ending with plate 69 pages lightly age toned. Front cover green paper and tan cloth boards; LXXXI plates A-C 69 leaves of plates. Text is in German. Colored plates 17a 42a 49a 51.a and 59a follow their black-and-white counterparts. Contains illustrations of wrestling as well as of fencing. Includes bibliographical references. F. Tempsky/ G. Freytag hardcover books
1929rif. 188021Berlin: G. Grotesche 1929. Hardcover. G light shelfwear overall to cloth boards spine title blocks are worn. Volume 1 plates 62a 62 63 64 and 65 are wrinkled and torn. Light foxing spots mainly to end papers. Volume 6 is missing. Volume 7 front booklet has water damage to the bottom rear corner of pages 26 to the end. Volume 7 rear booklet has foxing spots. Volume 7 plates 850-913 have some possible water damage to the bottom and rear of plates. All other plates are very clean and clear. All plates appear to be present. Six oversized volumes bound in illustrated blue and gilt cloth boards marble illustrated end papers all edges gilt. Volume 1- Abtheilung I-IV was published in 1883 23 pp of text followed by plates 1-99. Volume 2 - Abtheilung V-XXII was published in 1888 38 pp of text followed by plates 100-207. Volume 3 - Abtheilung XXIII-XXV was published in 1894 25 pp of text followed by plates 208-333 and in a cardboard slipcase. Volume 4 - Abtheilung XXVI- XLVIII was published in 1896 36 pp of text followed by plates 334-447. Volume 5 - Abtheilung XLIX was published in 1905 30 pp of text followed by plates 448-588 in cardboard slpcase. Volume 7 published in 1929 is in a portfolio and includes a booklet with 30 text pages and 4 pp of bw plates followed by loose plates 744-913 and a 20 pp booklet in rear. Text is in German. 6 volumes of a 7 volume set with the 6th missing volume and 7th being printed over 20 years after Volume 5. All volumes printed in edition of 300 copies: Volume 1 is number 234/300. Volume 2 is number 2/300. Volume 3 is number 172/300. Volume 4 is 75/300. Volume 5 is 112/300. Volume 7 is not numbered. Booklet in rear of volume 7: "Überscht über den inhalt der Bände I-VII Sachverzeichnis Ortsverzeichnis" "Overrides the content of volumes I-VII subject index index of places". G. Grotesche hardcover books
1896rif. 188024Berlin: G. Grotesche 1896. 40/300. Hardcover. Good bookplate of previous owner inside front cover handwritten notations throughout foxing spots to rear end pages and last plate. Other plates appear clean and all present. Slightly bowed from poor storage. Oversized volume bound in illustrated blue and gilt cloth boards marble illustrated end papers all edges gilt. Volume 4 - Abtheilung XXVI- XLVIII 36 pp of text followed by plates 334-447. Text is in German. Printed in edition of 300 copies this being number 40. Inside front cover is bookplate belonging to art collectors Emil and Jenny Baerwald. G. Grotesche hardcover books
1927rif. 188208London: W. & G. Foyle Ltd 1927. Hardcover. Good- missing plates 63-66 69 71-73 78 80 87-89 91 99-101 103-104 108-109 118-128 140 141 147-157 183 185 187 190 194-195 198 211-212 216 220 260-262 and 265. Other plates are clean. Heavy wear to boards with taped repairs. Oversized black cloth portfolio with gilt lettering and illustration; 44 pp of text bw plates 1-346. Text is in English. Translated from German by Silvia M. Welsh. Edition limited to 500 copies of this first edition. Includes an introduction by Campbell Dodgson. W. & G. Foyle, Ltd hardcover books
1940rif. 2316791Paris: Les Editions Braun & C 1940. Small Softcover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. No publisher date circa mid-1900s. Minor general wear. 1940 Small Softcover. French text. Albrecht Durer German 21 May 1471 - 6 April 15284 sometimes spelled in English as Durer without an umlaut or Duerer was a German painter printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg Durer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time including Raphael Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Durer's vast body of work includes engravings his preferred technique in his later prints altarpieces portraits and self-portraits watercolours and books. The woodcuts series are more Gothic than the rest of his work. His well-known engravings include the three Meisterstiche master prints Knight Death and the Devil 1513 Saint Jerome in his Study 1514 and Melencolia I 1514. His watercolours mark him as one of the first European landscape artists while his woodcuts revolutionised the potential of that medium. Durer's introduction of classical motifs into Northern art through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical treatises which involve principles of mathematics perspective and ideal proportions.--Wikipedia Les Editions Braun & C paperback books
1954rif. 625895Konigstein Im Taunus: Karl Robert Langewiesche 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes bound as one. Quarto. 80pp. 80pp. 4pp. Text in German. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped initials on front board. Containing a bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent and affixed onto the front fly. Owner gift inscription on front fly only a few plates with foxing in margins edges rubbed spine cocked else very good lacking the dust jacket. Karl Robert Langewiesche hardcover books
1515rif. Durer1515DURER Albrecht: Lucian of Samosata -- De ratione conscribendae historiae ex graeco in latinum traductus translated from Greek to Latin by Willibald Pirckheimer. Nuremberg: F. Peypus 1515. Ornamental title page featuring a woodcut border by Albrecht Durer. 4to 19ff final blank at the end; early marbled pastepaper boards front cover detached and spine perished. A few minor stains with text closely trimmed to printed marginalia but without any loss. Lucian's text is titled "How to Write History". The translator was Durer's closest friend and patron encouraging the artist's study of a classical humanisit education through scholarly talks and loaned him funds for travel to Venice from 1507 to 1509. This title-page was commissioned by Pirckheimer and used five times first in an earlier work published 1513. Provenance: Dr George Kloss bookplate on front pastedown with manuscript label "no. 2343" sold at Sothebys London 7 May 1835 rear endpaper with note "Bought by L. H. N. at Hyatt sale in Feb. 1838 for 60 cents" Cooley & Bangs auction New York Catalogue of Rare Scarce and Early Printed Books 21 February 1838. Ref: British Museum catalogue 1904.0206.28 Pirckheimer's own copy; Hollstein VII 225; Kurth Willi Complete Woodcuts of Durer 270. F. Peypus hardcover books
1938rif. 196587Berlin: Dt. Verein fur Kunstwiss 1938. Hardcover. Almost new.old publisher stock. Bright green cloth; 119 pp. Text in German. Dt. Verein fur Kunstwiss hardcover books
2025rif. 213913Munchen: Hirmer Wein Albertina 2025. Hardcover. VG. Just shy of as new. Quarto. Hardcover. Matte illustrated boards. 280 pages 180 color illustrations 28.5 cm x 24.5 cm. Hirmer Wein Albertina hardcover books
1972rif. 209418Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1972. Hardcover. VG/G. Light wear with bumping and small tears to jacket edges as well as toning. Small Quarto. Hardcover. Green cloth boards in illustrated jacket. 365 pages illustrations some color 22 cm. New York Graphic Society hardcover books
1969rif. 191566Berlin: Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft 1969. Hardcover. VG light rubbing along corners of block and edges of boards. Pages are clean and clear. Tan cloth boards with silver lettering on front cover and spine. 481 96 pp. Text in German Teaching of human proportion: Drafts for measuring the Exempeda and for the theory of movement; fair copies; the Aesthetic Digression The Instruction of Measurement Fixtures Miscellaneous. Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft hardcover books
rif. 189974not identified: not identified undated. Leather bound. VG light scuffing and wear to boards pages lightly smudged but otherwise clean. Black leather binding with gilt bordering; brown silk end papers with ornamental gilt bordering inside rear cover is a silk cloth pocket; bw mounted frontispiece; red and black lettering on title page with red border 4 pages of text. An elaborate prospectus trying to sell a stain glass window consisting of two wings and a lunette. "The window was painted about the year 1510 for the Chapel of the Tucher family in the Grasergasse at Nuremberg." - page 3. (not identified) hardcover books
