The art of drawing in perspective: wherein the doctrine of perspective is clearly and concisely treated of, upon geometrical principles; and a mechanical method of perspective and designing, I. Invented for the Benefit of those who are Strangers to Mathematics. Illustrated with a variety of examples, on three copper-plates. The fifth edition, with considerable improvements. Designed as a companion to The artist's assistant - The Art of Painting in Water Colours-The Art of Drawing without a Master-The Art of Painting in Miniature-And The Art of Painting in Oil, lately published.

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1799
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London : printed for Laurie and Whittle, map, chart, and printsellers, No 53. Fleet Street, (successors to the late Mr. Robert Sayer.), 1799.

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[6],32p.,plates ; 80.

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ESTC T226974

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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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