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Work Type drawing book

Subject Terms Perspective -- Technique.

1. Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations : containing the elements of designing and painting : illustrated with above fifty figures in copper / written originally in French by Bernard Lamy, Priest of the Oratory, and faithfully translated into English, by an officer of Her Majesties Ordnance.

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Creator:: Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Date:: MDCCX [1710]
Physical Description:: [16], 174, [8] p., 31 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective : containing rules and principles for delineation on planes : treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly easy of attainment even to common capacities : and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing / by James Malton, architect and draftsman.

The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective : containing rules and principles for delineation on planes : treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly easy of attainment even to common capacities : and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing / by James Malton, architect and draftsman.

Creator:: Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: [4], ii, xiv, 71, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

Creator:: Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: viii, 38, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.

Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.

Creator:: Oram, William, d. 1777
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: xvi, 104 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. 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

6. An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children : accompanied with illustrative plates, appropriate diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : to which is added, A compendium of genuine instruction in the art of drawing and painting : the whole comprising a body of information, adapted equally to the simplicity of youth, and to mental maturity ... / by Mr. Hayter ...

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Creator:: Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: viii, 168 p., [1], XIV leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Progressive fragments : drawn and etched in a broad and simple manner : with a comprehensive explanation of the principles of perspective for the use of young students in landscape-drawing / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: [2], 2 p., 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 x 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective : calculated for young students, and to be acquired without a tutor / by Elias Taylor.

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Creator:: Taylor, Elias
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: viii, 74, [2] p., 25 leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting / illustrated by examples by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: [4], 16, [36] p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Sciography, or, Examples of shadows : with rules for their projection : intended for the use of architectural draughtsmen, and other artists : with twenty-four plates / by Joseph Gwilt.

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Creator:: Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: viii, 55, [1] pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.

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Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 16 p., [20] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application / by Newton Fielding ; formerly teacher of landscape painting in the family of His Late Majesty the King of the French.

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Creator:: Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Date:: [1856]
Physical Description:: 54 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application / by Newton Fielding.

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Creator:: Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Date:: [1856]
Physical Description:: 54 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Sciography, or, Radial projection of shadows / by R. Campbell Puckett.

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Creator:: Puckett, R. Campbell (Robert Campbell)
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: xiv, 52 p., [20] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting / illustrated by examples by Samuel Prout, F.S.A.

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Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1876
Physical Description:: [4], 16 p., [18] leaves, XX leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts