The complete drawing-book [electronic resource] : containing many curious specimens, under the follo...
The complete drawing-book [electronic resource] : containing many curious specimens, under the following heads : 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Academy And Groups Of Figures. 3. Beasts And Birds Of Various Kinds. 4. Landscapes, Shipping, Flowers, &c. With several Outlines, Rendered easier to the Comprehension of Beginners than any Book of this Kind hitherto made public. The whole neatly engraved on one hundred octavo copper-plates, from Le Clerc, Le Brun, Rembrandt, Berghem, Barlow, Chatelin, Spilsbury, Callot and others the Best Masters. To which are annexed, proper instructions to youth, For their Improvement and Entertainment in this Art.
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Publisher
London : printed for Robert Sayer, Map, Chart, and Printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street, 1786[i.e.1794]
Date
1786[i.e.1794]
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
8p.,100 plates ; 8°.
Publication information
Publisher
London : printed for Robert Sayer, Map, Chart, and Printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street, 1786[i.e.1794]
Edition
The fifth edition. With many alterations and additions.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1786[i.e.1794]
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Access Conditions
Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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The complete drawing-book [electronic resource] : containing many curious specimens, under the following heads : 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Academy And Groups Of Figures. 3. Beasts And Birds Of Various Kinds. 4. Landscapes, Shipping, Flowers, &c. With several Outlines, Rendered easier to the Comprehension of Beginners than any Book of th...
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Notes
General note
Braces in imprint.
Plate 1 is an engraved titlepage : 'Principles of design, by Le Clerc. Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle', London.
Plates 2-55 are printed 2 to a leaf.
Probably a re-issue.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The Le Clerc drawings are taken from his 'Divers desseins de figures', published in Paris in 1679.
With a half-title....
Citation / References Note
ESTC T121866.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Record Identifier
74VvbOrrQBey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbOrrQBey
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MMS ID
991014800109702626
