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[No Title] - The globe surrounded by seven circles and twelve wind-gods. - Fries L. - Dürer A. 1535.



"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).


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Size: 27 x 26cm (10.4 x 10.1 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A
References: Hollstein, Durer, 262; Kurth, 333.

From: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini geographicae enarrationis libri octo. Lyon, M. Servetus, 1535. (Karrow, 288/G.2)

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Item number: 24218
Price: 1450 Euro

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