The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective, containing rules and principles for delineation on planes ... : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing (1800)
Malton, James, d. 1803, Taylor, Brook, 1685-1731 · London : Printed by V. Griffiths ... and published for the author by Carpenter and Co. ... · leaf 34
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