A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice; on the true principles of Dr. Brook Taylor. Made Clear, in Theory, by Various Moveable Schemes, and Diagrams; and Reduced to Practice, in the Most Familiar and Intelligent Manner, Shewing How to Delineate All Kinds of Regular Objects, by Rule. The Theory and Projection of Shadows, by Sun-Shine, and by Candle-Light. The Effects of Reflected Light, on Objects; their Reflected Images, on the Surface of Water, and on Polished, Plane Surfaces, in all Positions. The Whole Explicitly Treated; and Illustrated, in a Great Variety of Familiar Examples. in four books. An Elegant Frontispiece, and Forty-Eight Plates. Containing Diagrams, Views, and Original Designs, in Architecture, &c. Neatly Engraved. All Originals; Invented, delineated, and, great part, engraved by the Author. Thomas Malton.
- Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.
- Date:
- MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for the author; and sold by Messrs. Robson, in Bond-Street; Becket, Adelphi, Strand; Taylor, near Great Turn-Stile, Holborn; Dilly, in the Poultry; and by the author, No. 56, Poland-Street, Oxford Road, near the Pantheon, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
Physical description
[4],iv,[8],8,296p.,plates ; 20.
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Edition
The second edition, corrected and improved; with large additions.
References note
ESTC T100663
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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.