Portrait of Nicolaus Petri Title page for: N. Petri. Practicqve, to learn to count, cypheer and keep a record, 1635, Portrait of Nicolaus Petri [van Deventer], calculation master and astronomer in Amsterdam. Half-length portrait, behind a table with mathematical and astronomical instruments: globe, celestial sphere, astrolabe, compass. To the right of his head a sphere of heaven and to the left an icosahedron. In the background a man points a measuring instrument at an obelisk, measuring instruments, armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe, globe, globe in the shape of an icosahedron, Nicolaus Petri, anonymous, Amsterdam, paper, letterpress printing, h 164 mm × w 101 mm
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Portrait, Nicolaus Petri Title page, N, Petri, Practicqve, learn, count, cypheer, keep, record, 1635, Nicolaus Petri, van Deventer, calculation master, astronomer, Amsterdam, Half-length portrait, table, mathematical, astronomical instruments, globe, celestial sphere, astrolabe, compass, right, head, sphere, heaven, left, icosahedron, background, man points, measuring instrument, obelisk, measuring instruments, armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe, shape, paper, letterpress printing
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