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The Principles of Practical Perspective; or Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Delineating Designs on Various Surfaces and Taking Views from Nature, By the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods
by Brown, Richard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Samuel Leigh, 1815. [2], xviii, 96pp, plates. Later half roan, smooth back divided into six panels by single gilt rule, title label to second panel. Rebacked and recornered, original spine laid down with small amount of loss, bump to head of lower board, inner joints strengthened. Internally some light browning, plates with light foxing and browning to edges and often to images, but tolerably clean. With hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and fifty uncoloured aquatint plates (as called for). Not in Abbey. First Edition. Half-Leather and Cloth. Good. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000976
- Title
- The Principles of Practical Perspective; or Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Delineating Designs on Various Surfaces and Taking Views from Nature, By the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods
- Author
- Brown, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Samuel Leigh
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1815
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Perspective, Architecture
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Rebacked
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- Edges
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