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Practical perspective : or, An easy method of representing natural objects, according to the rules of art / written in French by a Jesuit of Paris. Tr. by E. Chambers...To which is prefixed, The theory of perspective, by James Hodgson...

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-151102

Description

xxx, 150 p. : 154 plates ; 27 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Perspective.

Originator

Dubreuil, Jean, 1602-1670.
Chambers, Ephraim, 1680 (ca.)-1740, tr.
Hodgson, James, 1672-1755.

Publication

London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper

Description

xxx, 150 p. : 154 plates ; 27 cm.

Notes

Peabody Institute library dates its copy [1780?]; Library of Congress has a copy dated [1783] with a variant imprint. Cf. Fowler Cat. no. 110.

Call Number

Rare NC749.D814 1780

Edition

7th ed.

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