New Principles Of Linear Perspective: Or The Art of Designing On a Plane, The Representations Of All Sorts Of Objects, In A more General and Simple Method than has been hitherto done. - The Third Edition. - By Brook Taylor, Ll.D. and R.S.S. - Revised and Corrected by John Colson, M.A. and F.R.S. Lucasian Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. -

Brook Taylor

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/2052

Author

Imprint

London:: Printed for John Ward, at the King's-Arms in Little-Britain., MDCCXLIX.

Physical Description

80 p., 13 fold. pl.; 200 mm. (Quarto).

Contents

[T.p.] - Preface - [Text] - [Plates].

Responsibility Note

The plates are unsigned.

References

ESTC, T134042
On Brook Taylor in the history of perspective see M. Kemp, The science of art: optical themes (1992).
K. Anderson, Brook Taylor's role in the history of linear perspective (1989).
P. Descargues, Perspective: history (1982).

Summary Note

Brook Taylor's Linear perspective had been published in 1715 and his New principles of linear perspective in 1719, and had established the 'measure point' method at the centre of British theory.

Reproductions

A microfilm version was published in 1986 (Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications).

Provenance

A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Bequest of Sr. A.W. Callcott.'

Binding Note

20th-century half calf, brown cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'The Art Of Designing - Taylor', 'R.A.' and '1749'.

Subject

Perspective
Manuals - Great Britain - 18th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century

Contributors

John Colson, editor
John Ward, publisher
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott RA, previous owner, donor