Gerard de Jode () - Architectura oder Bauung der
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Frontispiece to the German edition of Hans Vredeman de Vries' publication with architectural designs. As from the inscriptions, the "vulgar" or vernacular edition in Dutch was published in , whereas the German version was edited in . De Vries' collection of architectural designs soon became a reference book for artists specializing in pictures featuring Renaissance-like buildings. The frontispiece itself is built as a sort of façade in central perspective, with the focal point located just under the text (see picture). Two female figures stand on the sides of the title, holding some tools used by architects. On verso, handwritten note in pen and brown ink with a date, , possibly relating to the acquisition of the print on behalf of the then collector. Despite age in very good condition: small wormhole on the top left, some smudges, and dirt due to handling. Read more