Practical perspective, or, An easy method of representing natural objects / ... written in French by a Jesuit of Paris ; translated by E. Chambers ... ; to which is prefixed, The theory of perspective, by James Hodgson ...

Main entry:

Dubreuil, Jean, 1602-1670.

Title & Author:

Edition:

7th ed.

Publication:

London : Printed for Bowles and Carver, [1780?]

Description:

xxx, 150 p., 154 p. of plates : ill., plans, 27 cm.

Notes:
Known variously as Bowles Perspective and Jesuit's Perspective.
Peabody Institute Library dates its copy [1780?]; Library of Congress has a copy dated [1783] with a variant imprint. Cf. Fowler Cat. no. 110.
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1979. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Fowler collection of early architectural books ; reel 21, no. 110).

Subject:

Perspective.
perspective (technique)
linear perspective (technique)

Added entries:

Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740.
Hodgson, James, 1672-1755.
Fowler collection of early architectural books.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 26145
Call No.: ID88B11700s21 MFM; ID:88-B12219
Status: Available

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