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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
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Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
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Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
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Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
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Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
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Rodler, Hieronymus
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Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
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Books
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unknown
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18th century
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19th century
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17th century
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16th century
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handbooks and manual
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drawing book
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engraving
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etching
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soft-ground etching
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stipple engraving
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children's book
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juvenile literature
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mezzotint
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volvelle
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wood engraving
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woodcut
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
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Aikman, A. and J. -- Printer.
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Amusements -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800.
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Specimens -- Early works to 1800.
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Battersby, William -- Publisher.
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Black, A. -- Publisher.
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Botanical illustration -- Technique.
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Botanical illustration.
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 -- Publisher
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Bowles, Thomas -- Printer.
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Carnan, T. -- Publisher
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Clark, John, fl. 1717–1742 -- Publisher.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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England
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
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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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German
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Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after
[between 1726 and 1736]
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
3
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
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The compleat drawing-book
MDCCLV [1755]
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Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
The drawing school for little masters and misses
1773
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The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
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The artist's vade mecum
1786
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Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
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The principles of drawing and painting
1811
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Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
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Rodler, Hieronymus
Perspectiua
1546
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Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
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A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
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Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art
MDCCLII [1752]