The complete drawing-book [electronic resource] : containing many curious specimens, under the following heads : 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Academy And Groups Of Figures. 3. Beasts And Birds Of Various Kinds. 4. Landscapes, Shipping, Flowers, &c. With several Outlines, Rendered easier to the Comprehension of Beginners than any Book of this Kind hitherto made public. The whole neatly engraved on one hundred octavo copper-plates, from Le Clerc, Le Brun, Rembrandt, Berghem, Barlow, Chatelin, Spilsbury, Callot and others the Best Masters. To which are annexed, proper instructions to youth, For their Improvement and Entertainment in this Art.
1786
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The complete drawing-book [electronic resource] : containing many curious specimens, under the following heads : 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Academy And Groups Of Figures. 3. Beasts And Birds Of Various Kinds. 4. Landscapes, Shipping, Flowers, &c. With several Outlines, Rendered easier to the Comprehension of Beginners than any Book of this Kind hitherto made public. The whole neatly engraved on one hundred octavo copper-plates, from Le Clerc, Le Brun, Rembrandt, Berghem, Barlow, Chatelin, Spilsbury, Callot and others the Best Masters. To which are annexed, proper instructions to youth, For their Improvement and Entertainment in this Art.
Edition
The fifth edition. With many alterations and additions.
Publication Details
London : printed for Robert Sayer, Map, Chart, and Printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street, 1786[i.e.1794]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
8p.,100 plates ; 8⁰.
Note
Plate 1 is an engraved titlepage : 'Principles of design, by Le Clerc. Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle', London.
Probably a re-issue.
The Le Clerc drawings are taken from his 'Divers desseins de figures', published in Paris in 1679.
With a half-title.
Plates 2-55 are printed 2 to a leaf.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Probably a re-issue.
The Le Clerc drawings are taken from his 'Divers desseins de figures', published in Paris in 1679.
With a half-title.
Plates 2-55 are printed 2 to a leaf.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T121866.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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