[DUBREUIL (Jean)] - La perspective pratique, nécessaire à tous peintres, graveurs, sculpteurs, architectes, orphevres, - 1663

[DUBREUIL (Jean)]
The practical perspective, necessary to all painters, engravers, sculptors, architects, upholsterers, seamstresses, tapestry workers, and others who engage in design.
Jean du Puis. Paris, 1663.

1 volume (out of 3) in-4to, (25.9 x 18.3 cm), (24) ff., (1)-20-(6)-21 to 42-(6)-43 to 119-(6)-120 to 126-(6)-127 to 151-(6)-152 to 160-(6)-161 to 172-(1) pp., (5) ff., bound. Brown morocco marbled, spine with raised bands ornamented in grotesque, speckled edges. Contemporary binding. Two volumes missing, head cap detached and a gap on the case, tailcap damaged, first hinge cracked, second hinge partially cracked, corners rubbed, one wormhole, damp stain on the second plate and in the margin of the last ff.

Second edition of this reference work on perspective dedicated to painters and architects. It appeared 21 years after the original edition.

It is illustrated with a frontispiece as well as 172 in-text plates.

Jean Dubreuil (1602-1670), Jesuit, mathematician and king’s engineer, is among the great theorists of perspective in France. His works, widely disseminated, exerted a lasting influence on the teaching of architecture and the arts of drawing.

Manuscript ownership mark on the title page, as well as a few rare annotations in the body of the text.