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This and 51 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium., 1568.

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1957

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2014

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Print, Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium

This is a Print. It was designed by Wenzel Jamnitzer. It is dated 1568 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.

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Its dimensions are

(bound): 36 x 24.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: H. II.

Cite this object as

Print, Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium; Designed by Wenzel Jamnitzer (German, 1508–1585); Switzerland; engraving on laid paper; (bound): 36 x 24.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop; 1957-192-3-47

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