The young painter's maulstick; being a practical treatise on perspective; containing rules and principles for delineation on planes, Treated so as to render the Art of Drawing correctly, easy of Attainment even to common Capacities; and entertaining at the same Time, from its Truth and Facility. Founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti; united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor. Addressed to Students in Drawing. By James Malton, Architect and Draftsman.

  • Malton, James, -1803.
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1800
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London : printed by V. Griffiths [and S. Gosnell], No. 1, Paternoster Row; and published for the author, by Carpenter and Co. Old Bond Street, 1800.

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[4],ii,xiv,71,[1]p.,plates ; 20.

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ESTC T90226

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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