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DUBREUIL, Jean (1602-1670). Perspective Practical or, A Plain and Easie Method of True and Lively representing All Things to the Eye at a Distance, by the Exact Rules of Art. London: Robert Pricke, to be sold by S. Sprint, 1698.
4o (236 x 175mm). Engraved frontispiece and 150 engravings. (Some dampstaining, a few fore-margins frayed, a few leaves soiled.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, with rear cover loose). Provenance: monogram on lower margin of title-page.
Second edition in English of this popular and richly illustrated treatise on perspective by the Jesuit scholar Pre Dubreuil, first published in 1642. The first English edition appeared in 1672, and the appearace of an edition as late as 1743 is evidence of its lasting value. Wing D-2412.
4o (236 x 175mm). Engraved frontispiece and 150 engravings. (Some dampstaining, a few fore-margins frayed, a few leaves soiled.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, with rear cover loose). Provenance: monogram on lower margin of title-page.
Second edition in English of this popular and richly illustrated treatise on perspective by the Jesuit scholar Pre Dubreuil, first published in 1642. The first English edition appeared in 1672, and the appearace of an edition as late as 1743 is evidence of its lasting value. Wing D-2412.