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• A compleat treatise on perspective : in 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
  by: Malton, Thomas
  Published: (1778)
• An appendix, or, Second part to the complete treatise on perspective : Containing a brief history of perspective, from the earliest and most authentic accounts of it, down to the eighteenth century, when it first began to flourish in England; in which the methods of practice, used by the ancients, are exemplisied and compared with those now in use. Military perspective; bird's eye views; &c. The appearances of ascending and descending on an upright plane; such deceptions in vision accounted for, and illustrated by stricking representations: with useful and critical remarks on round subjects in general. The application of perspective to scenery; also to a ship; and in landscape; projection on curved surfaces; with other distortions, or anamorphoses; inverse perspective. Also the doctrine of reflection on plane mirrours. And, lastly, it contains a parallel and criticism on all the English authors who have wrote treatises on perspective; and the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor's perspective compared with Guidus Ubaldus, and S'sgravesande. The whole delivered in nine sections, and illustrated by ten plates. Second edition, with additions and improvements. Price one guinea. By Thomas Malton, sen
  by: Malton, Thomas
  Published: (1800)
• A compleat treatise on perspective : in theory and practice; on the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor. Made Clear, by Various Moveable Schemes, and Diagrams, in the Most Intelligent Manner. In four books. Embellished with an Elegant Frontispiece and Forty-Eight Plates. Containing Diagrams, Views, and Original Designs, in Architecture, &c. By the Author; Elegantly Engraved. Book I. Treats on Optics and Vision, a necessary Introduction to the Theory of Perspective; and contains some Objections to the received Opinions of Light and Colour; Reflection, &c. Book II. Contains the whole useful Theory of Perspective, both rectilinear and curvilinear; with Remarks, and familiar Examples, to illustrate and evince the universality of its Principles; with a full refutation of the absurd opinions which several Persons entertain of Perspective. Book III. Is a copious Treatise on practical Perspective. In which, is first displayed the true Elements of the whole, as deduced from the foregoing Theory; their extensive application is pointed out, and exemplified throughout the whole Book; and, by the most simple means possible, is shewn how to project, perspectively, all kinds of regular objects, from the simplest to the most complex; also, how far it is applicable to irregular Objects. Comprized in twelve Sections, on various Subjects, and adapted to various Professions. Book IV. Treats on shadows in general, in Theory and Practice, projected by the Sun, also by a Torch or Candle; of reflected Light on Objects, and the reflected Images of Objects, on the Surface of Water, and polished, plane Surfaces, of Aireal Perspective, or the effect of Distance, &c. In six Sections, containing nine Plates, which illustrate the whole. By Thomas Malton
  by: Malton, Thomas
  Published: (1775)
• New principles of linear perspective : or the art of designing on a plane the representations of all sorts of objects, in a more general and simple method than has been done before. By Brook Taylor, LL.D. and R.S.S
  by: Taylor, Brook
  Published: (1719)
• A treatise of the theory and practice of perspective : Wherein the principles of that most useful art, as laid down by Dr. Brook Taylor are fully and clearly explained, by means of moveable schemes, properly adapted for that purpose. The whole being designed as An Easy Introduction to the Art of Drawing in Perspective, and illustrated by a great variety of curious and instructing examples. By Daniel Fournier, Drawing-Master, and Teacher of Perspective
  by: Fournier, Daniel
  Published: (1761)