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Typeset title page of Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, with his special monogram “AD” as a large title vignette at the bottom center of the page; NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two standing nude male figures, the one on the right facing the viewer and the one on the left in profile facing to the right, both with horizontal lines cutting across the figures showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of a standing nude male figure, with back to the viewer with horizontal lines cutting across the figures showing proportions, for instance fromm the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two standing nude female figures, the one on the right facing the viewer and the one on the left in profile facing to the right, both with index letters showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of a standing nude female figure with her back to the viewer, with index letters showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of a standing nude baby figure in profile facing to the right with horizontal lines cutting across the figures showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut of six heads in profile, all facing to the left, with different facial proportions such as larger or smaller noses or more or less protruding brows, with lines cutting across the faces showing proportions of different distances, such as from top of eyelid to bottom of nose; from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Tall thin female figure, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two standing nude female figures bending to the left side at the waist and looking to the right, the one on the left facing the viewer and the one on the right in profile facing to the right, both with horizontal lines cutting across the figures showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two standing nude female figures bending to the left side at the waist and looking to the right, the one on the left facing the viewer and the one on the right in profile facing to the right, both with diagonal hatching around the perimeter of the figures, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two thin walking nude male figures, the one on the right facing the viewer and the one on the left in profile facing to the right, both with horizontal lines cutting across the figures showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two thin walking nude male figures, the one on the right facing the viewer and the one on the left in profile facing to the right, both with diagonal background hatching around the perimeter, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Tall thin male figures walking, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two thin walking nude male figures, the one on the right with body facing the viewer but looking to the left and the one on the left in profile walking to the right but facing the viewer, both with diagonal background hatching around the perimeter, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Woodcut image of two thin standing nude female figures each holding a cane in the right hand, the one on the right with her body facing the viewer but looking to the left and the one on the left standing in profile but facing the viewer, both with horizontal lines cutting across the figures showing proportions, for instance from the bottom of the chin to the top of the shoulder, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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Female figures with canes and background hatching, from Albrecht Dürer’s Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, NLM Call no. WZ 240 D853v 1528.

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