"By hammer and hand all arts do stand" (NY Mercantile Library)

[Charles Doyle]

EEBO shows the saying ("By Hammer and Hand all Arts doe
Stand") as a sort of motto on the title-page of the <<Book
of Drawing . . .>> attributed to Durer but compiled by
Thomas Jenner, 1652 (called the second edition).  An
antecedent in Latin or German?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:40:40 EDT
>From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
>Subject: "By hammer and hand all arts do stand" (NY
Mercantile Library)
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>The NY Mercantile Library has this motto: "By hammer and
hand all arts do =20
>stand."
>...
>Does Fred have this? He should.
>...
>How old is it? Where is it in Early English Books Online?
>...
>It's also "by hammer and hand all things must stand"
and "by hammer and  han=
>d=20
>all arts doth stand" and "by hammer and hand all arts doe
stand." (See =20
>below.) Also, sometimes "hammer and hand" is reversed
as  "hand and  hammer.=

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