Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873, A treatise on optical drawing instruments , 1845
- Title(s):
- A treatise on optical drawing instruments / by Cornelius Varley, artist ... ; also, A method of preserving pictures in oil and in water colours.
- Additional Title(s):
- Cover title: Varley on optical drawing instruments
- Published/Created:
- London : Published for the author, C. Varley, 1, Charles Street, Clarendon Square, by Horne, Thornthwaite, & Wood, (successors to E. Palmer,) opticians, chemical, philosophical, and mathematical instrument makers, 123, Newgate Street, 1845.
[London] : W.S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press," 60, St. Martin's Lane - Physical Description:
- [2], 60 pages, X leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsND1650 .V37 1845Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12960051
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Illustrations engraved by Henry Adlard; after Cornelius Varley.
Printer's statement from title page verso.
Kemp, M. Science of art, page 202
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue blind- and gold-stamped cloth. Bookplate: Robert J. Hayhurst. Publisher's advertisements, [16] pages at end, not included in pagination.
The treatise describes and illustrates Varley's graphic telescope, a device he patented in 1809. The graphic telescope "combined the portability of the camera obscura with the two-way mirror arrangement of William Hyde Wollaston's camera lucida. Its much improved lens system allowed it to be used for objects or views of greatly varying size and distance" (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). - Subject Terms:
- Drawing instruments.Johnson, W. S. -- Printer.Painting -- Conservation and restoration.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1845.
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