Armillary Sphere by Dürer A. - Fries L 1535
No Title - The globe surroundd by seven circles and twelve wind-gods.
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Category: Antique maps > World and Polar
"Dürer's authorship is proved by two letters of the mathematician and architect of Karl V, Johann Tscherte, who plainly mentions Dürer's name as the designer of the Armillary Sphere" (Kurth).
Woodcut
Size: 27 x 26cm (10.4 x 10.1 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Left margin trimmed with loss of the word "ZEPHIRUS", else perfect.
Condition Rating: B
References: Hollstein, Dürer, 262; Kurth, 333.
From: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini geographicae enarrationis libri octo. Lyon, M. Servetus, 1535. (Karrow, 288/G.2)