The complete drawing-book: containing many curious specimens, under the following heads ; 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Academy And Groups Of Figures. 3. Beasts And Birds Of Various Kinds. 4. Landscapes, Shipping, Flowers, &c. With several Outlines, Rendered easier to the Comprehension of Beginners than any Book of this Kind hitherto made public. The whole neatly engraved on one hundred octavo copper-plates, from Le Clerc, Le Brun, Rembrandt, Berghem, Barlow, Chatelin, Spilsbury, Callot and others the Best Masters. To which are annexed, proper instructions to youth, For their Improvement and Entertainment in this Art
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London printed for Robert Sayer, Map, Chart, and Printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street 1786[i.e.1794]
Edition:The fifth edition. With many alterations and additions
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Item Description:Braces in imprint
English Short Title Catalog, T121866
Plate 1 is an engraved titlepage : 'Principles of design, by Le Clerc. Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle', London
Plates 2-55 are printed 2 to a leaf
Probably a re-issue
Reproduction of original from British Library
The Le Clerc drawings are taken from his 'Divers desseins de figures', published in Paris in 1679
With a half-title
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (8Seiten,100 plates) 8°

There is no print copy available.

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