(1531). RODLER (J). EYN SCHÖN NÜTZLICH BÜCHLIN UND UNDERWEISUNG DER KUNST DES MESSENS... [Simmern, Hieronymus Rodler, 1531]. Small folio of 45 leaves, emerald half-chagrin, spine ribbed, t. gilt (19th century binding). RARE FIRST EDITION of this highly illustrated first work on perspective, intended for painters, sculptors, goldsmiths, embroiderers, masons and carpenters, making it the first "artistic book" or Kunstbüchlein. Although generally attributed to Rodler, this work may have been written and illustrated by his patron, Johan II de Spfalfz-Simmern, Count Palatine, whose name appears in the large initials of the 54 paragraphs. The illustration consists of a large woodcut on the title showing craftsmen at work, 57 WOODCUTTING AND DIAGRAMS including 3 small figures, 20 diagrams, (8 with perspectival tracings in red) and 27 remarkable figures, 17 of which are full-page. The edition is excellent, all monogrammed H.H. which could be Hans von Hunsrück. Light rings, mainly marginal. Handwritten Augustine mention at the bottom of the title "Homo Sine Charitate est Lampas sine Oleo" (A man without charity is a lamp without oil). (USTC, 656334, 19 copies) (Brunet II, 913, art. Dürer, note on Rodler) (Berlin Kat. 4682).