La perspective pratique de l'architecture.
Contenant par leçons une maniere nouvelle, courte et aisʹee pour représenter en perspective les ordonnances d'architecture & les places fortifiʹees. Ouvrage tres-utile aux peintres, architectes, ingénieurs, & autres dessinateurs.
Par Louis Bretez.

Description

Main Author

Bretez, Louis, -1738.

Related Names

Jombert, Charles-Antoine, 1712-1784.

Language(s)

French

Published

A Paris, rue Dauphine, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert... 1751.

Subjects

Architectural drawing > Architectural drawing / Early works to 1800.
Perspective > Perspective / Early works to 1800.
Etchings > Etchings / France > Etchings / France / 18th century.

Note

Woodcut t.p. vignette, signed V.L.S. (Vincent Le Sueur?) and dated 1737.
Letterpress title leaf, preface leaf. Plates 1 & 5 each preceded by engraved leaf of text.
First published 1706. See Fowler, 66.

Physical Description

[4] text leaves (2 engraved) frontispiece, 52, [5] plates, 41 cm. (fol.)

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