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Cours de géométrie pratique, d'architecture militaire, de perspective et de paysage : avec un dictionnaire des termes de l'architecture, dirigés relativement aux connoissances essentielles que doivent avoir, dans ces quatre premiers genres d'étude du dessein, les jeunes gentilshommes destinés à l'etat militaire

Dupuis, Charles · 1773 · A Paris : Chez Jombert, père ... : Knapen & Delaguette ... : Jombert, fils ... · 28 pictures

A French drawing course of 1773 by Charles Dupuis, published in Paris by Jombert and others, teaching practical geometry, military architecture, perspective and landscape to young gentlemen headed for army service. The engraved plates are line diagrams in grey and black: classical column bases and cornices measured off in modules, cubes and cylinders turned through vanishing-point constructions, and small barracks-like buildings receding behind ruled sight lines, with lettered points and scale bars throughout.

Architecture · Military architecture · Geometry · Perspective

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