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Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie [electronic resource] : teaching [brace] by the op...

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie [electronic resource] : teaching [brace] by the op...

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Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie [electronic resource] : teaching [brace] by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c., by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences, so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe, by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one, when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c., and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ...

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Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie [electronic resource] : teaching [brace] by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c., by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences, so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe, by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one, when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c., and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ...

Publisher

London : Printed by Joseph Moxon, and sold at his shop ..., 1670.

Date

1670.

Record Identifier

74VvplND6ZOg

MMS ID

991005425699702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[6], 66 p., [42] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed by Joseph Moxon, and sold at his shop ..., 1670.

Analytical title

Practical perspective.

Perspective made easie.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1670.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie [electronic resource] : teaching [brace] by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c., by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences, so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe, by the dioptircks [s...

Variant title

Practical perspective.

Perspective made easie.

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Notes

General note

"First edition. Most of the plates are taken from the Perspective of Hondius (1623) ... as mentioned by Moxon in his preface"--Fowler.

Includes original moving figure and slip of mica on p. 7, and the moving slip on plate LVII.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Citation / References Note

Wing M3018.

Fowler 203.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1098:1)

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74VvplND6ZOg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvplND6ZOg

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MMS ID

991005425699702626