Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806
Title:
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

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:
Perspective. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Leigh, Sotheby and Son -- Publisher. | Hansard, Luke -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1803.
Form/Genre:
Annotations (Provenance)
Contributors:
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731. | Duppa, Richard, 1770–1831, engraver.