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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
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Highmore, Joseph, 1692–1780
2
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731
2
Bretez, Louis, d. 1738
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Cobin, A
1
Cowley, John Lodge, 1719–1797
1
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
1
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
1
Eames, John, -1744
1
Hamilton, J. (John)
1
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
1
Noble, Edward
1
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
1
Pozzo, Andrea, 1642–1709
1
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
1
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
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1706
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1798
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
22
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
20
Free to Use
2
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20
Available
2
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Books
21
Archives & Manuscripts
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18th century
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drawing book
4
handbooks and manual
4
booksellers' advertisement
1
diagram
1
etching
1
ink drawing
1
manuals (handbooks)
1
mechanical drawing
1
publishers' advertisement
1
scientific illustration
1
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Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
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Cadell, T. -- Publisher.
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Nourse, J. -- Publisher.
2
Optics -- Early works to 1800.
2
Strahan, W. -- Publisher.
2
Amber.
1
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
1
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
1
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
1
Bensley, T. -- Printer.
1
Bowles, John -- Publisher.
1
Bowles, Thomas -- Publisher.
1
Bowyer, W. -- Printer.
1
Cabinetwork -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
1
Creake, B. -- Publisher.
1
Davidson, Jacob -- Autograph. (copy 1).
1
Davies, T. -- Publisher.
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England
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Great Britain
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London
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Westminster (London, England)
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Associated People
Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640
1
Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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English
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French
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Latin
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Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
1793
2
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731
New principles of linear perspective, or, The art of designing on a plane,
1749
3
Highmore, Joseph, 1692–1780
A critical examination of those two paintings on the cieling [sic] of the banqueting-house at Whitehall
1754
4
Cowley, John Lodge, 1719–1797
The theory of perspective demonstrated;
1765
5
The art of drawing in perspective
1777
6
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
The perspective of architecture
MDCCLXI [1761]
7
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1775
8
Highmore, Joseph, 1692–1780
The practice of perspective, on the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor
1763
9
The art of drawing in perspective
1786
10
Eames, John, -1744
Introductio brevissima ad perspectivam
1765, Nov. 20
11
Hamilton, J. (John)
Stereography, or, A compleat body of perspective
1738
12
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
The practice of perspective
1743
13
Pozzo, Andrea, 1642–1709
Rules and examples of perspective, proper for painters and architects, etc.
[1707]
14
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
The magazine of architecture, perspective, & sculpture
MDCCXXX [1730]
15
Noble, Edward
The elements of linear perspective demonstrated by geometrical principles, and applied to the most general and concise modes of practice
1771
16
The art of drawing in perspective
1798
17
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
18
Bretez, Louis, d. 1738
La perspective pratique de l'architecture,
1706
19
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
The history and present state of discoveries relating to vision, light, and colours
1772
20
Cobin, A
Short and plain principles of linear perspective, adapted to naval architecture
1794
21
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1778
22
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731
Linear perspective: or, A new method of representing justly all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all situations
1715