Perspective practical. Or, a plain and easie method of true and lively representing all things to the eye at a distance, by the exact rules of art... By a religious person of the Society of Jesus, a Parisian. Faithfully translated out of French, and illustrated with 150 copper cuts. Set forth in English by Robert Pricke ...
Alternate Title(s):
Perspective practique. English
Published / Created:
London, Printed for Robert Pricke, and are to be sold by S. Sprint, 1698.
Physical Description:
8 p. ., 150, [6] p. 150 engraved plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is from the Kenney Collection; copy 2 inscribed Wm. Palmer, 1759. In copy 2, p. [155-6] are blank (i.e., "A catalogue of books ..." is not present), plate 106 has been printed upside down, and plates 146 and 147 have been transposed. In both copies there are errors in the imposition of signature Ii.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Imposition errors (Printing) -- England -- London -- 1698.