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Perspective practical. Or, A plain and easie method of true and lively representing all things to the eye at a distance, by the exact rules of art; : as, landskips, towns, streets, palaces, churches, castles, fortifications, houses, gardens and walks, with their parts, as walls, doors, windows, stairs, chimneys, chambers, and shops, with their ornaments and furniture, as beds, tables, chests, cupboards, couches, chairs, stools, and other moveables, regular or irregular, in several postures. Likewise rules for placing all sorts of figures, with their several postures, situation, and horizon; also, a treatise of shadows natural by the sun, torch, candle, and lamp. Very useful and necessary for all painters, engravers, architects, embroiderers, carvers, goldsmiths, tapestry-workers, and all others that work by design