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	Principles of Geometry Dürer, Albrecht (1535) This landmark work by Albrecht Dürer presents several variations on the technique of “Alberti’s window.” Here the artist is creating a drawing of a lute with true perspective by means of a string drawn from the object, through the canvas window, to the vanishing point on the wall.
	Treatise on Painting da Vinci, Leonardo (1651) Despite a lack of publications, Leonardo’s fame grew as word of his notebooks spread. The first book by Leonardo to be printed was his Treatise on Painting, published a century after his death.
	The Works of Giorgio Vasari, vol. 1 Vasari , Giorgio (1878-85) Astronomers and artists alike studied the science of perspective. The title page of the Sidereus nuncius refers to the telescope as a little “perspective tube” (perspicilli).
	Celestial Globe Gores Coronelli, Vincenzo (1693; reprint ca. 1800) Coronelli, a Franciscan theologian and astronomer who worked in both Italy and France, was a founder of modern geography and an influential maker of celestial and terrestrial globes.
	Map of the Heavens Bode, Johann (1801) This beautiful atlas fused artistic beauty and scientific precision.
	Measuring the Heavens Bayer, Johann (1661) In contrast to Piccolomini, who omitted constellation figures in favor of scientific accuracy, Bayer superimposed constellation figures upon the star maps without compromising positional accuracy. These figures were artfully drawn by Alexander Mair.
	The Firmament of King Sobiesci, or Map of the Heavens Hevelius, Johann (1690) The Uranographia of Hevelius, the most detailed and influential celestial atlas of the 17th century, contains 54 beautiful double-page engraved plates of 73 constellations, and 2 oversized folding plates of planispheres.
1	Elements of Geometry, 1482 Euclid, (1482) Euclid was the starting point for a mathematical approach to physics. This is the 1st printed edition. The beautiful woodcuts are hand-colored in this copy. The text of the first page was printed in both black and red ink. The geometrical diagrams were quite difficult to prepare.
4	On the Fabric of the Human Body, 1543 Vesalius, Andreas (1543) Best known work of early modern anatomy: Vesalius was fortunate to team up with Jan Stephan van Calcar, a world class artist. Even the human skeletons reveal an aesthetic appreciation of the human body.
14	Biblical Sciences Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob (1728) Biblical accounts of the creation week, deluge, and future conflagration provided early modern naturalists with an idiom for exploring changes in the Earth over time. Scheuchzer was a leading Swiss naturalist and an advocate for the organic origin of fossils.