The Practice of Perspective or, an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects According to the Rules of Art
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Title: The Practice of Perspective or, an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects According to the Rules of Art
Author:
Jean DuBreuil (French, 1602–1670)
Author:
Theory of Perspective written by James Hodgson (British, 1672–1755)
Translator:
Ephraim Chambers (British, Kendal, Westmorland ca. 1680–1740 Islington)
Publisher:
Thomas Bowles II (British, ca. 1695–1767)
Publisher:
John Bowles (British, 1701?–1779)
Published in: London
Date: 1749
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 8 1/16 x 1 7/16 in. (24.5 x 20.4 x 3.7 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.173
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