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A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice : on the true principles of Dr. Brook Taylor; made clear, in theory, by various moveable schemes, and diagrams; and reduced to practice in the most familiar and intelligent manner ... embellished with an elegant frontispiece, and forty-six plates

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1776.
Call number: 751371
Creator: Malton, Thomas (1726-1801)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 37 cm
Associated people: Taylor, Brook, (1685-1731.)
Associated organization: Burndy Library,
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