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035 _a(Sirsi) u155774
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aMalton, Thomas
_d1726-1801
245 0 2 _aA compleat treatise on perspective
_bin 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
250 _aThe second edition, corrected and improved; with large additions
260 _aLondon
_bprinted 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
_cMDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
300 _a[4], iv, [8], 8, 296 p., plates
_c2o
520 _aWith a list of subscribers.
583 0 _aCondition reviewed
_c20120620
_lcondition level 2 and 4, detached boards
651 4 _aGreat Britain
_y1707-
690 _aMeasurement
_96256
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999 _c113813
_d113813