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Duerer, Albrecht, 7471-1528. *Q.79.1
The construction of Roman letters.
Cambridge. Dunster House. 1924. (1), 39, (1) pp. Plates. 194 cm.
One of an edition of 350 copies edited and printed by Bruce Rogers.
“The Roman alphabet constructed by Diirer ‘for the guidance of archi- tects, painters, and others’ first appeared in Book III of his treatise on geometry, ‘Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richt- scheyt,’ published at Nuremberg in 1525.... The letters on the follow- ing pages are printed... from a copy of the editio princeps in the British Museum.”
This card was printed at tle Boston &
Public Library, June 2, 1974
M8872 — T.r. — Lettering. — Rogers, Bruce, ed.