Lot n° 62

BROWN, Richard.

Estimation : 400 - 500 €
Adjudication : 1 517 €
Description
The Principles of Practical Perspective; or, Scenographic Projection: containing universal rules for delineating designs on various surfaces and taking views from nature, by the most simple and expeditious methods. To which are added rules for shadowing, and the elements of painting. Londres, Samuel Leigh, R. Ackermann & J. Harding, 1815. In-4 (312 x 242 mm) de 1 f.n.ch., XVIII, 96 pp., 51 planches numérotées gravées au trait et à l'aquatinte (la planche 39 en frontispice est coloriée); demi-veau à coins (reliure moderne).
Vagnetti FIb16; «Brown, Richard» in Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 14, p. 431 Munich et Leipzig:
K. G. Saur, 1996; Mallalieu, H.L. Le dictionnaire des aquarellistes britanniques jusqu'en 1920, p. 44; Vitry, 104.
Édition originale.
Bon exemplaire, entièrement non rogné.
First edition of this elegantly illustrated treatise, dedicated to the rendering of buildings, monuments and landscapes in perspective.
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