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The practice of perspective: 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
Dubreuil, Jean (1602-1670); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Murray, Charlot; Chambers, Ephraim (1680-1740)
MDCCXXVI. [1726]
'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.