The principles of practical perspective : or, scenographic projection; containing universal rules for delineating architectural designs on various surfaces, and taking views from nature ... to which are added, rules for shadowing, and the elements of painting ... Illustrated by fifty plates. / By Richard Brown ... [complete in two volumes, bound in one]

Brown, Richard

1835, Second Edition. London : Leigh and Son. Very good copy, finely bound in later full aniline calf over beveled boards, faintly scuffed and foxed. Spine gilt-tooled on raised bands, and in the compartments. Recto frontispiece damp-stained, with verso (the plate) only slightly affected. Internally tight and with a bright and clean impression, if faintly foxed or dust-dulled in places. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #456656

Physical description; complete in 2 volumes, bound in 1 : frontispieces, 50 plates (including diagrams) ; (folio). Subjects; Perspective - Early works to 1850, Drawing, Architectural - Technique - 19th century, Shades and shadows in art - 19th century.

Price: €495.00