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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Daniell, William, 1769–1837
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Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
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Blunt, Charles
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Brown, Richard, architect
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Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
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Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
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Merigot, James
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Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
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Puckett, R. Campbell (Robert Campbell)
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Taylor, Elias
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Wood, John
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1876
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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19th century
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18th century
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drawing book
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aquatint
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handbooks and manual
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lithograph
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wood engraving
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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engraving
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manuals (handbooks)
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etching
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ink drawing
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soft-ground etching
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Perspective -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Perspective -- Study and teaching.
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Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
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Harrison, L. -- Printer.
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Landscape drawing -- Technique.
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Landscape painting -- Study and teaching.
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Shades and shadows.
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Landscape drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Leigh, J.C. -- Printer.
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Painting -- Study and teaching.
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Shades and shadows -- Technique.
2
Taylor, J. -- Publisher.
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Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher.
1
Adams and Gee -- Printer.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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Brighton
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Shrewsbury
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
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Hennell, Harriet
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English
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Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
2
Merigot, James
Treatise on practical perspective
1819
3
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1848
4
Puckett, R. Campbell (Robert Campbell)
Sciography, or, Radial projection of shadows
1871
5
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]
6
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children
1813
7
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Sciography, or, Examples of shadows
1842
8
Wood, John
An elementary treatise on sketching from nature
[1850]
9
Principles of perspective
1812
10
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John
circa 1820
11
Blunt, Charles
An essay on mechanical drawing
1811
12
Taylor, Elias
An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective
1831
13
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
The rudiments of practical perspective
1822
14
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective,
1810
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Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective
1807
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Progressive fragments
1817
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1838
18
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
19
Brown, Richard, architect
The principles of practical perspective, or, Scenographic projection
1815
20
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1876