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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. A familiar treatise on perspective : designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry : whereby, in a few days, sufficient of this useful science may be learned, to enable any person, accumstomed to the use of the pencil, to draw landscapes, and the simpler objects of art : with perspective accuracy / by W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
43, [1] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. 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

6. A familiar treatise on perspective, designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry ... By W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
46 p. 16 plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. An essay on mechanical drawing : comprising an elementary course of practice in the perspective delineation of machinery / illustrated in numerous plates by Charles Blunt.

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Creator:
Blunt, Charles
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
[4], 91, [1] p., [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. 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

10. Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
circa 1820
Physical Description:
1 v. (120 p.) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The principles of practical perspective, or, Scenographic projection : containing universal rules for delineating designs on various surfaces and taking views from nature by the most simple and expeditious methods, to which are added, rules for shadowing, and the elements of painting, the whole treated in a manner calculated to render the science of perspective and the art of drawing easy of attainment to every capacity : illustrated with fifty-one plates / by Richard Brown ; architect and professor of perspective.

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Creator:
Brown, Richard, architect
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xviii, 96 p., 51 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. 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

13. Treatise on practical perspective : written for the use and study of young learners and amateurs in the art of drawing and painting : with easy rulse, by which also builders, cabinet makers, upholsterers, and other proficients in mechanical invention, may represent on paper their plans and designs previous to execution : with an additional essay on architecture from The Amateur's Portfolio : dedicated by permission to the marchioness of Stafford / by J. Merigot, pupil of the Royal Academy of Paris.

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Creator:
Merigot, James
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
16, 43 p., 13 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The rudiments of practical perspective : in which the representation of objects is described by two easy methods, one depending onthe plan of the object, the other on its dimensions and position ... / by Peter Nicholson ... ; illustrated by 38 plates ; elegantly engraved by Lowry.

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Creator:
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xviii, 122 p., [38] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. An elementary treatise on sketching from nature : with the principles of light and shade, the theory of colours, &c. / by John Wood.

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Creator:
Wood, John
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
52 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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