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Creator:
Edwards, Edward, 1738–1806
Title(s):
A practical treatise of perspective, on the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor / by Edward Edwards, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy.
Published/Created:
London : Printed by Luke Hansard, for Leigh, Sotheby and Son, York-Street, Covent-Garden, 1803.
Physical Description:
xii, 316, [2] p., [1], XL leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC750 .E39 1803 + Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes index.
Errata: p. [1] at end.
List of those publications on perspective, to which references have been made in the foregoing treatise; arranged in the order they were published: p. 315-316.
British Architectural Library identifies a second state of the frontispiece in which the plate has been retouched with a burin and signed 'R. Duppa perfecit'.
NSTC, E452
Archer, 67.1
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840 964
BAC: British Art Center copy's frontispiece is second state as described in British Architectural Library.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing -- Technique.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1803.
Hansard, Luke -- Printer.
Leigh, Sotheby and Son -- Publisher.
Perspective.
Contributors:
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731.
Duppa, Richard, 1770–1831, engraver.
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