The Compleat drawing-book : Containing many and curious specimens, under the following heads; 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Heads, with the various passions of the soul. 3. Academy and groups of figures. 4. Beasts and birds of various kinds. 5. Landscapes, views, and ruins. With out-lines to each plate. Made easier to the comprehension of beginners than any book of this kind hitherto made publick. The whole neatly engrav'd on one hundred copper-plates, from le Clerc, Le Brun, Berghem, Barlow, and others the best masters. To which are annex'd, proper instructions to youth for their entertainment and improvement in this art.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing--Technique--Early works to 1800.

Drawing.

Drawing--18th century--Early works to 1800.

Drawing--Technique.

Physical Description:

7 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 100 plates ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for, and sold by Robert Sayer, map and print-seller, at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter-Lane, Fleet-Street, MDCCLV. [1755]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T148934.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.