Yes, not the first but most open. In Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks there is a drawing "Draftsman drawing an armillary sphere" dated 1510 which shows a kind of d

Yes, not the first but most open. In Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks there is a drawing "Draftsman drawing an armillary sphere" dated 1510 which shows a kind of drawing machine. It is 15 years earlier than Durers woodcut. But Durers one was published in a book at the time. Wikipedia has a short timeline of perspective machines [1]. There is also a link to excelent classification and description of all the drawing machines. [2] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_machine 2. https://drawingmachines.org/ https://drawingmachines.org/