The practice of perspective : or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of art. Applied and exemplified in ... landskips, gardens, buildings, of divers kinds, their appendages, parts, furniture, &c. With rules for the proportions, positions, &c. ... The whole illustrated with one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris; since translated ... into English, ... a second time, ... by E. Chambers, F.R.S. To which is prefixed The theory of perspective, ... by James Hodgson, ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The third edition. |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | 'A Jesuit of Paris' = Jean Dubreuil. Titlepage in red and black. Each page number of the second arabic sequence is duplicated: 150 single-page plates, integral to the gatherings and signed 2, repeat the pagination of the facing text. Text page and plate 91 are misnumbered 93, text page 93 is misnumbered 91. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 5 unnumbered pages, 16, 1 unnumbered page, 18, 2 unnumbered pages, 19-41, 2 unnumbered pages, 42-121, 2 unnumbered pages, 122-128, 2 unnumbered pages, 129-150, 1 unnumbered page. (i.e. = 334)pages, plate : illustrations ; 4⁰. |