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1. Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant : illustrated with nearly sixty well-executed copper plate engravings of the human figure.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
77, [3] pages, [50] leaves of plates (in various foliations) : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The royal juvenile drawing book.

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Date:
[ca. 1840?]
Physical Description:
pt. : all ill. ; 11 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Principles of perspective : with a sketch of some Irish antiquities : and a few thoughts on rustic embellishment and the picturesque : as connected, and contrasted, with each other.

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Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[27], 24-30 pages, [1], 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Mechanical perspective, or, description and uses of an instrument for sketching from nature, accurately and conveniently, every kind of object : and of a machine for drawing in perspective architectural and other subjects, from measurement, or from ground plans and elevations : in two parts / by Francis Ronalds.

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Creator:
Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788–1873
Date:
MDCCCXXVIII [1828, i.e. 1829?]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 36, [2] pages, [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Every youth's drawing book : containing the whole art of drawing, the principles of perspective, with clear and ample instructions for portrait, flower, miniature, and landscape painting, in oil and in water colours, engraving on wood, casting, medalling, bronzing, mezzotint scraping, modelling, etc. : illustrated with above 60 engravings on wood and copper.

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Date:
MDCCCXXVIII [1828]
Physical Description:
64 p., [31] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A manual for teaching model-drawing from solid forms, : the models founded on those of M. Dupuis; combined with a popular view of perspective, and adapted to the elementary instruction of classes in schools and public institutions. / by Butler Williams ... ; under the sanction of the Committee of Council on Education.

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Creator:
Williams, J. Butler (James Butler), Sir
Date:
M.DCCC.XLIII. [1843]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 257, [1], 16 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting : illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings after the most celebrated heads in the cartons at Hampton-Court : to which are now added, the outline of each head, and also several plates of the most celebrated antique statues, engraved by an eminent artist : with instructions for young students in the art of designing, and the passions, as characterised by Raphael in the cartons / described and explained by Benjamin Ralph.

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Creator:
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
Date:
MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[2], 13, [2], 14-24 pages, XI, [1], 45 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts