Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies)
Plate from Jamnitzer's compendium of perspectival geometry, Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies) showing two polyhedral variants. The book is based on the five Platonic solids or "regular bodies."
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
1568
Etching on laid paper
1957-192-3-37
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