Author: JACOBSZ., Caspar Philips.- Perspective.- drawing manuals.-
Title: Uitvoerig Onderwijs in de Perspectiva of Doorzichtkunde, voor alle Liefhebbers Dezer aangename en nuttige Wetenschap, en inzonderheid voor degenen, die dezelve noodzakelijk dienen te oeffenen, als Teekenaars, Schilders, Plaatsnijders, Architecten, Steenhouwers, Timmerlieden, Metzelaars, enz. Naar een zeer gemakkelijke en verstaanbare Methode opgesteld
Description: Amsterdam, bij S. de Grebber, 1823. 8vo. W. 60 engr. fold. pls. following the text after p. (128). (Righthand margins of plates sometimes a bit crumpled, but overall very good.). Contemp. dull blue limp brds., spine and outer hinges chipped and w. some imperf. Spine age darkened and finger soiled. [*1, n1, *2 -8, **8, A - H8]. (II- II (adverts de Grebber) -III to XXXII, 128 pp.). (Uncut.). Condition good, but externally showing the meaning of the word 'manual'. BdH comp. 3759 91st ed. Sepp, 1765), reprinted in 1781. Here in a new editon 1823 : Kunst op schrift, comp. items 1159, 1260 (not htis title): Van der Aa VI, p. 79: By profession a chartered surveyor, but chiefly known as engraver of plates in a.o. Wagenaar's "Vaderlandsche Historie" This manual instructs draughtsmen, painters, engravers, architects, stone masons, carpenters & bricklayers in the art of drawing perspective etc. The method of teaching based on geometry is divided into 4 parts: 'Ichnographie' [in 10 lessons]; 2nd part 'Orthographie' [6 lessons]; Third part 'Scenographie' [in 40 lessons]; 4th part 'Sciagraphie' [in 28 lessons].

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