The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective; containing rules and principles for delineation on planes, treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly, easy of attainment even to common capacities, and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility. Founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti; united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor. Addressed to students in drawing /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed by J. Barfield, no. 91, Wardour Street; and published for the author by Carpenter and Co., Old Bond Street,
1800.
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| Item Description: | Printing statement from page 71. Signatures: [a]² b-e² A-S²; signatures A-E signed a-e. Plates VI and 14 with moveable overlays. Plates are etchings with aquatint and soft-ground etching. The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, ii, xiv, 71 pages, 23 leaves of plates (one folded) : illustrations (engravings) ; 31 cm (folio) |