HALFT, Peter (fl. c.1630). Perspectivische Reiß Kunst. Augsburg: David Franck, for the author, 1625. 2° (300 x 208mm). 226 pp. only (of 228), engraved title, 185 full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. (Lacking final leaf of text, ?colophon, title starting to detach, a few light spots on first few leaves, light waterstain in outer margin of second half.) 19th-century drab boards (rubbed, small stains on front cover, small splits or chips in paper covering of boards).
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HALFT, Peter (fl. c.1630). Perspectivische Reiß Kunst. Augsburg: David Franck, for the author, 1625. 2° (300 x 208mm). 226 pp. only (of 228), engraved title, 185 full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. (Lacking final leaf of text, ?colophon, title starting to detach, a few light spots on first few leaves, light waterstain in outer margin of second half.) 19th-century drab boards (rubbed, small stains on front cover, small splits or chips in paper covering of boards).

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HALFT, Peter (fl. c.1630). Perspectivische Reiß Kunst. Augsburg: David Franck, for the author, 1625. 2° (300 x 208mm). 226 pp. only (of 228), engraved title, 185 full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. (Lacking final leaf of text, ?colophon, title starting to detach, a few light spots on first few leaves, light waterstain in outer margin of second half.) 19th-century drab boards (rubbed, small stains on front cover, small splits or chips in paper covering of boards).

An attractive collection of plates on perspective. The illustrations are numbered 1-175 and also contain the additional numbers 21a, 28A, 52 (?A), 135A, 139A, 140B, 143A, 144A, 150A, 155A. Berlin Kat. 1724; BL German 1601-1700 H197.
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