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 landskapes, gardens, buildings of divers kinds, their appendages, parts, and furniture : with rules for the proportion and position of figures both in draught and relievo : also the manner of conducting the shadows, produced either by natural or artificial luminaries, and practical methods of drawing after nature, when the process of rules are not understood : a work highly necessary for painters, engravers, architects, embroiderers, statuaries, jewellers, tapestry-workers, and others concerned in designing : the whole illustrated with 150 copper-plates 1765 [LeatherBound]

Dubreuil, JeanChambers, Ephraim, approximately Bowles, JohnBowles, Carington

Publication Date: 2025

About this Item

BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1765 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 359 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 359 Language: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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 landskapes, gardens, buildings of divers kinds, their appendages, parts, and furniture : with rules for the proportion and position of figures both in draught and relievo : also the manner of conducting the shadows, produced either by natural or artificial luminaries, and practical methods of drawing after nature, when the ...
• Publication Date: 2025
• Binding: LeatherBound
• Condition: New