The Principles of Practical Perspective; or Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Delineating Designs on Various Surfaces and Taking Views from Nature, By the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods

Brown, Richard

Published by Samuel Leigh, London, 1815

About this Item

[2], xviii, 96pp, plates. Later half roan, smooth back divided into six panels by single gilt rule, title label to second panel. Rebacked and recornered, original spine laid down with small amount of loss, bump to head of lower board, inner joints strengthened. Internally some light browning, plates with light foxing and browning to edges and often to images, but tolerably clean. With hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and fifty uncoloured aquatint plates (as called for). Not in Abbey Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 000976

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Principles of Practical Perspective; or Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Delineating Designs on Various Surfaces and Taking Views from Nature, By the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods
• Publisher: Samuel Leigh, London
• Publication Date: 1815
• Binding: Half-Leather and Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Architecture and Design