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<dl><dd>Vol. 2 has title: Perspective, pars altera : in qua præstantissima quæque artis præcepta, nec non eximia ac scitu digniora argumenta circa magnifica aliquot aedificia et praeclara architecturae decora plene planeque exhibentur : addita brevi sed dilucida linearum ac fundamentorum descriptione : in gratiam ingeniosorum studiosorumque hominum publicata / auctore Iohanne Vredemanno Frisio ; Henric. Hondivs scvlps. et excvd</dd>
<dd>Colophon, v. 1, p. [19]: Hagæ-Comitis, Ex officina Bucoldi Nieulandii, sumptibus Henrici Hondii, 1604. V. 2, p. [6]: Lvgdvni ad Rhenvm, Henricvs Hondivs cælator, anno 1605</dd>
<dd>The 1st ed., with the plates for the most part engraved by Hondius. However, plates 8, 10, 19, and 21 (v. 2) are signed: B.D. (or D.B.?) sculp. Most of the plates whose design is credited are after Vredeman de Vries, except no. 14 (v. 2), which is signed: P.V. inu. H︠h︡ondius sculp., and the ports. of Maurice, Prince of Orange (v. 1, p. [3]) and of Vredeman de Vries (v. 1, p. [5]), which Hondius both drew and engraved. These last are dated 1599 and 1604 respectively. For the problematical identity of B.D., cf. Mielke</dd>
<dd>Mielke, H. Hans Vredeman de Vris</dd>
<dd>Binding: Vellum over pasteboard. Spine with 5 raised bands, a gold-tooled label of red morocco in the second panel with title: Vredeman Perspective</dd>
<dd>Library's copy signed in brown ink on t.p. (v. 1): James Lemoigne Esq. p. 20 s. A 2nd signature on this t.p. has been lined out, but may read: H. Boyer 1690</dd>
<dd>2 volumes in 1 ([21] pages, 49 plates (33 and 34 on 1 leaf) ; [8] pages, 24 plates) : 27 x 36 cm</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Perspective; Perspective -- Early works to 1800; Architectural drawing -- 17th century</div>
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Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604</div>
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