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005 $ 20220128162941.2
041 0 # $a eng
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100 1 # $a Wood, John George
245 1 0 $a Lectures on the principles and practice of perspective, as delivered at the Royal Institution, accompanied with a mechanical apparatus, and illustrated by engravings / $c by John George Wood, F.A.S.
250 # # $a 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged
260 # # $a London $b Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, by J. McCreery, Fleet-Street $c 1809
300 # # $a vi, 95 p. : $b ill. ; $c 30 cm.
500 # # $a Illustrated frontispiece; 3 unnumbered plates; 9 numbered plates.
505 0 # $a Lecture I. The art of perspective necessary to those who would paint or draw -- Definitions -- Preparation of the picture -- Ground-plane, picture, and point of distance placed upon one plane -- Lecture II. Of lines perpendicular to the picture -- Of lines oblique to the picture -- Of lines parallel to the picture -- Of vanishing lines -- General rules -- Lecture III. The square represented prospectively, one side being parallel to the picture -- Method of cutting off given portions from a line in perspective -- The perspective representation of the square, one side being given in the picture -- The square when perpendicular to the ground and picture -- The cube -- Buildings parallel to the picture -- Lecture IV. Square oblique to the picture -- Buildings ditto -- The circle applied to circular towers, wheels, etc -- The perspective of doors, etc, when open -- Lecture V. The line of elevation -- Arches -- Bridges -- Steps -- Lecture VI. Vanishing line -- Inclined planes -- Perspective of shadows -- Lecture VII. The meanders of a river -- Reflections in water -- Station or point of view -- A building placed in a picture according to a given scale -- The triangle -- Hexagon -- Directions for sketching from nature -- Conclusion
653 # # $a Perspective
700 1 # $a Cadell, Thomas $e publisher
700 1 # $a Davies, William $e publisher
700 1 # $a McCreery, John $e printer
700 1 # $a Wood, John George $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Bennett, William James $e engraver
700 1 # $a Unidentified publisher
710 2 # $a Cadell and Davies (London)