Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715, Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations , MDCCX [1710]
- Title(s):
- 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.
- Additional Title(s):
Perspective made easie
Art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations
Treatise of perspective
Traité de perspective. English- Published/Created:
- London : Printed, and are to be sold by W. Taylor at the ship in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCX [1710]
- Physical Description:
- [16], 174, [8] p., 31 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC749 .L3613 1710Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5975168
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Translation into English of the original French of: Traité de perspective.
Running title: A treatise of perspective.
Epistle dedicatory signed: A. F., i.e. A. Forbes, the translator.
English short title catalogue, T116408
Includes index.
Publisher's advertisement: [8] p. at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in blind-stamped Cambridge-style plain and sprinkled calf. Ms inscription on t.p.: M. Weld. - Subject Terms:
- Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Drawing -- Technique.Perspective -- Technique.Taylor, W. -- Printer.Weld. M. -- Autograph.
- Form/Genre:
- Drawing books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Wood engravings -- 1710.
Engravings -- 1710. - Export:
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