Perspective, id est, Celeberrima ars inspicientis aut transpicientis oculorum aciei :
in pariete, tabula aut tela depicta, in qua demonstrantur quaedam tam antiqua, quam nova aedificia, templorum, sive aedium, aularum, cubicularum, ambulaciorum, platearum, xystorum, hortorum, fororum, viarum et hujusmodi alia, quae nituntur suis fondamentalibus lineis, quorum fondamentum descriptionibus clare exsplicatur, perutilis ac necessaria, omnibus pictoribus, sculptoribus, statuariis, fabriferrariis, architectis, inventoribus, cæmentariis, scrinariis, fabrilignariis, & omnibus artium amatoribus, qui huic arti operam dare volent, majori cum voluptate, & minori cum labore /
auctore Ioanne Vredeman Frisio ; Henric. Hondivs scvlps. et excvd.

Description

Main Author

Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604.

Related Names

Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-1650.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Lvgdvni Batavorum : [Hendrik Hondius], 1604-1605.

Subjects

Perspective.
Architectural drawing > Architectural drawing / 17th century.
Perspective > Perspective / Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Netherlands > Engravings (prints) / Netherlands / Leyden > Engravings (prints) / Netherlands / Leyden / 17th century.

Note

The 1st ed., with the plates for the most part engraved by Hondius. However, plates 8, 10, 19, and 21 (v. 2) are signed: B.D. (or D.B.?) sculp. Most of the plates whose design is credited are after Vredeman de Vries, except no. 14 (v. 2), which is signed: P.V. inu. H︠h︡ondius sculp., and the ports. of Maurice, Prince of Orange (v. 1, p. [3]) and of Vredeman de Vries (v. 1, p. [5]), which Hondius both drew and engraved. These last are dated 1599 and 1604 respectively. For the problematical identity of B.D., cf. Mielke.
Colophon, v. 1, p. [19]: Hagæ-Comitis, Ex officina Bucoldi Nieulandii, sumptibus Henrici Hondii, 1604. V. 2, p. [6]: Lvgdvni ad Rhenvm, Henricvs Hondivs cælator, anno 1605.
Vol. 2 has title: Perspective, pars altera : in qua præstantissima quæque artis præcepta, nec non eximia ac scitu digniora argumenta circa magnifica aliquot aedificia et praeclara architecturae decora plene planeque exhibentur : addita brevi sed dilucida linearum ac fundamentorum descriptione : in gratiam ingeniosorum studiosorumque hominum publicata / auctore Iohanne Vredemanno Frisio ; Henric. Hondivs scvlps. et excvd.

Physical Description

2 volumes in 1 ([21] pages, 49 plates (33 and 34 on 1 leaf) ; [8] pages, 24 plates) : illustrations, portraits ; 27 x 36 cm

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