The Young Painter's Maulstick; being a Practical Treatise on Perspective...Containing Rules And Principles For Delineation On Planes, Treated so as to render the Art of Drawing correctly, easy of Attainment even to common Capacities; and entertaining at the same Time, from its Truth and Facility. Founded on the clear mechanical Process of Vignola And Sirigatti; United With The Theoretical Principles Of The Celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor. Addressed To Students In Drawing. By James Malton, Architect and Draughtsman.
Printed by V. Griffthsm No 1. Paternoster Row; and published for the Author, by Carpenter and Co. Old Bond Street.
Quarto, modern cloth; letterpress title & dedication, pp. (ii)+xiv+71; 23 numbered plates, as called for, mostly aquatint, plate 6 & 14 with flaps. Ownership inscription on title, some damp staining, tear in margin of p.3.
A guide to the use of perspective in painting by James Malton (1761-1803), an artist best known for his 'Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin', 1792-9.
Abbey Life 152; Prideaux, 'Aquatint Engraving', ''Probably the earliest text-book of instruction to which the new process was applied''.
[Ref: 53845] £290.00
Quarto, modern cloth; letterpress title & dedication, pp. (ii)+xiv+71; 23 numbered plates, as called for, mostly aquatint, plate 6 & 14 with flaps. Ownership inscription on title, some damp staining, tear in margin of p.3.
A guide to the use of perspective in painting by James Malton (1761-1803), an artist best known for his 'Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin', 1792-9.
Abbey Life 152; Prideaux, 'Aquatint Engraving', ''Probably the earliest text-book of instruction to which the new process was applied''.
[Ref: 53845] £290.00