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Duerer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. *Q.79.1 The construction of Roman letters. — Cambridge. Dunster House. 1924. (1), 39, (1) pp. Plates. | 19% 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 the Boston Le Public Library, June 2, 1974
M8872 — T.r. — Lettering. — Rogers, Bruce, ed.