Vnderweysung der Messung, mit dem Zirckel vn[d] Richtscheyt, in Linien Ebnen vnnd gantzen CorporenDürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528im 1525. Jar.gerBEIN J714 D86 +525: Illegible bookplate [partially torn]. Inscription: L. Ordlinger[?]. Illegible inscription on t.p. Stamp on t.p.: Biblioteka [?]ska. Portrait of Albrecht Dürer pasted on t.p.BEIN 1971 Folio 561: Manuscript waste used on binding. No. 1 of 4 titles bound together.Place and date of printing from colophon, leaf Q3r; lacking in some copies (cf. Bohatta, no. 2; Meder, Ausg. B). VD 16 gives printer as Hieronymus Andreae (i.e. H. Andreae, known as Formschneyder), known to have founded the Fraktur type used in this and other Dürer works; for discussion, cf. "Buchkundlicher Exkurs" by Alvin Jaeggli, in the Zurich, 1966 facsimile ed. of Unterweisung der Messung."1. Deutsche Ausgabe ... Ausgabe A"--Meder.Title page in earliest (no. 1a) of 3 variant states described by Bohatta.Signatures: A-N⁶ O-Q⁴ (Q4 blank).Cancels on C5v, fig. 36, lower right; K1r, fig. 26.Additions to ills. 59 and 61 (sig. P4v and Q1r) on fold. slips attached to the illus.Illustrations: 2 prints : woodcut ; image 14 x 15 cm., 14 x 19 cm. Subject: Draftsman drawing a seated man; draftsman drawing a lute. Latter signed in block with monogram and dated 1525. References: Meder 268-269; Tietze 939-940; Panofsky, E. Albrecht Dürer, 361-362; Strauss, W.L. Albrecht Dürer, woodcuts, 201-202. -- Ca. 148 prints : woodcut ; double-page (1), full-page or smaller. Numbered as figs. 1-50 (book 1), 1-36 (book 2), 1-62 (books 3-4); some errors in numbering. Chiefly diagrams; include several designs for architectural details and monuments (e.g. figs. 15-17, book 3: a triumphal column; a satirical monument for the Peasants' War, 1525; a monument for a drunkard). References (monuments): Meder XXVI; Tietze 938 a-d; Panofsky 454; Strauss 205 a-c. Two figs. (59 and 61, book 4) are extended by means of flaps, on which the observer of the constructions is portrayed. References: Tietze 938 e-f. -- Ca. 34 prints : woodcut ; full-page (8) or smaller. Diagrams for and depictions of monumental alphabets (roman and Textur), comprising illustrated instructions for each roman letter (leaves K2r-L3v); full-page diagrams for and depictions of roman alphabets (leaves L4r-L6r); and full-page diagram for and depictions of Textur alphabets (leaves M2r-M3r).Ill. perhaps cut by the presumed printer, Formschneyder; cf. Panofsky, I, p. 46; Jaeggli.Errata: leaf Q3v.