Polyhedral variations based on the five Platonic solids, or 'regular bodies': the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. From Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies), a compendium of perspectival geometry intended to show off the graphic skills of Wenzel Jamnitzer, a famous sixteenth-century German goldsmith. Engraved by Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) after Jamnitzer. Color enhanced.

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