Bowles's 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 Landscapes, 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 one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris. Translated by E. Chambers, Author of Cyclopaedia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubreuil, Jean, 1602-1670.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Perspective pratique. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perspective.

Physical Description:

xvi,xvi pages, 1 unnumbered page,150,150 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 4⁰

Edition:

The sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for and sold by the proprietor Carington Bowles, at his Map and Print Warehouse, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A Jesuit of Paris = Jean Dubreuil.

Duplicate pagination, with text and illustrations in parallel.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T80834.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.