Book, Linear Perspective for the Use of Artists
date: label: date made
content: 1873
name: label: maker
content: Pellegrin, V.
notes: label: Description
content: This brief volume by painter and former professor of topography V. Pellerin was first published in French in Paris in 1870. Thie short introduction to perspective, intended for artists, recieved favorable notice from Dumas at the Parisian Academy of Sciences and from the head of the division of fine arts, who arranged to have 500 copies ordered for public libraries and schools in France. This English translation was first published by Bickers & Son in London in 1878, with this New York version distributed by G. Putnam Sones simulataneously. The book includes a folded sheet of plates.
label: Description
content: A mark in pencil at the front reads: 1-.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. C. B. Schmeltzer in Memory of C. B. Schmeltzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3110.14
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3110
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3110.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .7 cm x 10.8 cm x 16.8 cm; 9/32 in x 4 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in