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Sébastien Le Clerc on retinal disparity / Nicholas Pastore.

A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.

Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Different attributes and displays of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Engraving by Grignion after Le Clerc.

An indigo plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Antilles islands: plants, trees, animals, agriculture, and customs of the people. Engraving, 1732, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Practical geometry: or, a new and easy method of treating that art. Whereby the practice of it is rendered plain and familiar, and the student is directed in the most easy manner through the several parts and progressions of it. Translated from the French of Monsieur S. Le Clerc. The fifth edition. Illustrated with eighty copper-plates. Wherein, besides the several Geometrical Figures, are contained many Examples of Landskips, Pieces of Architecture, Perspective, Draughts of Figures, Ruins, &c.

The youth's assistant in drawing; containing many curious specimens on an easy and familiar plan, adapted to lead the pupil gradually from the first practice on parts of the Human Body, to the drawing of the whole academy figures, in fifty plates, enlarged and improved, by Sebastian Le Clerc. To which are prefixed, proper instructions to youth, for their improvement and entertainment in this art.

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Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714

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Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Antilles islands: plants, trees, animals, agriculture, and customs of the people. Engraving, 1732, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.