The practice of perspective [electronic resource] : or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of art. Applied and exemplified in all the Variety of Cases; as Landskips, Gardens, Buildings of divers Kinds, their Appendages, Parts, Furniture, &c. With Rules for the Proportions, Positions, &c. of Figures, both in Draught and Relievo. Also the Manner of conducting the Shadows by divers Luminaries: and Practical Methods of Designing truly, without understanding any Rules at all. A Work highly necessary for Painters, Engravers, Architects, Embroiderers, Statuaries, Jewellers, Tapestry-Workers, And others concerned in Designing. The whole illustrated with one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris; since translated into German by Ch. Rembold; and into English, by Rob. Pricke: and now, a second time, into the same language, by E. Chambers.
1726
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The practice of perspective [electronic resource] : or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of art. Applied and exemplified in all the Variety of Cases; as Landskips, Gardens, Buildings of divers Kinds, their Appendages, Parts, Furniture, &c. With Rules for the Proportions, Positions, &c. of Figures, both in Draught and Relievo. Also the Manner of conducting the Shadows by divers Luminaries: and Practical Methods of Designing truly, without understanding any Rules at all. A Work highly necessary for Painters, Engravers, Architects, Embroiderers, Statuaries, Jewellers, Tapestry-Workers, And others concerned in Designing. The whole illustrated with one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris; since translated into German by Ch. Rembold; and into English, by Rob. Pricke: and now, a second time, into the same language, by E. Chambers.
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Perspective pratique. English
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London : printed for Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and John Bowles, Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market, and at Mercers-Chapel in Cheapside, MDCCXXVI. [1726]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
xiii,[6],150,150,[1]p. : ill. ; 4⁰.
Note
'A Jesuit of Paris' = Jean Dubreuil.
Titlepage in red and black.
Pp. ix-x are misnumbered xi-xii.
Engraved illustrations and explanatory text with duplicate pagination.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Titlepage in red and black.
Pp. ix-x are misnumbered xi-xii.
Engraved illustrations and explanatory text with duplicate pagination.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T118311.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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