Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715
Title:
Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations : containing the elements of designing and painting : illustrated with above fifty figures in copper / written originally in French by Bernard Lamy, Priest of the Oratory, and faithfully translated into English, by an officer of Her Majesties Ordnance.
Alternate Title(s):
Perspective made easie
Published / Created:
London : Printed, and are to be sold by W. Taylor at the ship in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCX [1710]
Physical Description:
[16], 174, [8] p., 31 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translation into English of the original French of: TraiteĢ de perspective.
Subject Terms:
Perspective -- Technique. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Taylor, W. -- Printer. | Weld. M. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Handbooks and manuals. | Wood engravings -- 1710. | Engravings -- 1710.
Contributors:
Forbes, A.