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Title(s)
The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art : being a compleat drawing book containing a curious collection of examples in all the variety of cases : as the several parts of the human body, whole figures, landskips [sic], cattle, building, &c. curiously engraved on copper plates, after the designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other great masters : to which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; containing an account of the instruments and materials used in drawing, and the method of managing them; also instruction to form the judgment of a young beginner, and direct his hand in practice, with early and proper lessons for him at the first entrance : also, early and proper lessons for a young beginner, with instructions to form his judgment and direct his practice / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse and improved with abstracts from C.A. Du Fresnoy.
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Additional Title(s)
Principles of drawing
Easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art
Principes du dessein
Art of drawing
Grondlegginge ter teekenkonst. English -
Edition
The fifth edition
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Published/Created
London : Printed and sold by Thomas Bowles, in St. Paul's Church-Yard and John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, MDCCLII [1752]
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Physical Description
[2], 8, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC650 .L3513 1752+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Running title: Art of drawing.
English translation of French text originally published in Dutch. French translation: Les principes du dessein.
The copper plates were engraved by Henry Roberts, Francois Vivares and others; after designs by Watteau, Boucher, Durer, Bloemart, Le Clerc, Hollar and other masters.
The plates are lettered consecutively in two sequences beginning A and AA respectively. Plate AA is preceded by a divisional half t.p. reading "The Principles of Drawing Part II".
Text printed in double columns.
Title printed in red and black.
English short title catalogue, T212760
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Subject Terms
Bowles, Thomas -- Printer. | Composition (Art) -- Early works to 1800. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Drawing -- Technique. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1752. | John Bowles and Son -- Printer.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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