The principles of drawing: or, an easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art. Being a compleat drawing book: ... To which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; ... Translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse, and improved with abstracts from C. A. Du Fresnoy.
Lairesse, Gérard de,1640-1711.
London : printed, and sold by Thomas Bowles; and John Bowles and Son,
1752.
A translation of Gérard de Lairesse's 'Les principes du dessein'.
In the middle of the sequence of plates is a letterpress divisional titlepage for part 2.
Titlepage in red and black.
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