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The principles of design : for the curious young gentleman and ladies, who study and practice the noble and commendable art of drawing, colouring and japanning : or a new and complete drawing book consisting of [a] variety of whole figures in divers positions, and all the several parts of the human body from head to foot, &c. in fifty copper-plates, neatly engraved : designed chiefly for young beginners, very necessary and useful for all drawing-schools, boarding-schools, &c. ; to which is prefixed An introduction to drawing ... / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerrard de Lairesse.

Accession number
PML 83206
Creator
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711.
Published
London : Printed for H. Serjeant, at the Black Swan, near Temple-Bar, 1777.
Notes
At foot of t.p.: [Price four shillings.].
Engraved pictorial half-title: The principles of design a compleat drawing book for the amusement of youth.
Running title: Introduction to drawing.
Two etchings on each of 23 plates; several are numbered irregularly.
Description
58 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 13 x 21 cm
Binding
Quarter brown sheep, drab boards.
Classification
Department