The Complete Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints of Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Durer's 96 engravings, six etchings, and three dynamic drypoints are counted among his finest and best-known works. By the very nature of the medium, each fine line of an engraving is controlled by the artist and is dependent upon the pressure of the burin in his hand. In the engravings, Durer was therefore able to achieve an unprecedented intricacy of detail, subtlety of line, and three-dimensionality. All 105 of Durer's works in these three mediums are reproduced in this edition. Among them are his most famous works, -Knight, Death and Devil, - -Melencolia I, - and -St. Jerome in His Study-; also portraits of his contemporaries, including Erasmus of Rotterdam and Frederick the Wise, popular and religious subjects sold by Durer's wife at fairs, -Adam and Eve, - the Engraved Passion (15 subjects), and -The Virgin with the Dragonfly.- Many of these show him even more charming and subtle than do the comparative woodcuts. Reproductions of experimental impression offer the