[Rarebooks] FS: Sciography or Lessons of Shadows -1824

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Gwilt, Joseph.  SCIOGRAPHY; OR, EXAMPLES OF SHADOWS; with Rules for their
Projection: intended for the use of Architectural Draughtsmen, and other
Artists"

London; Priestley and Weale: 1824. 2nd ed.

First published in 1822; Gwilt originally set out to translate Stanislas
L’Evile’s ‘Etude d’Ombres’, but ended up doing an original study instead.
Gwilt’s book did end up providing the inspiration for Charles Davies’
American “A Treatise on shades and Shadows’ (1832). Gwilt was the author
of a number of well-received architectural studies, most notably a
translation of Vitruvius and his 1842 ‘Encyclopedia of Architecture’.

Hardcover. 5.5”x8.5”, viii + 55 page, plus 24 engraved plates, several
folding; errata slip. Bound in period quarter leather with marbled boards
and endpapers; covers somewhat worn and rubbed; slight internal foxing and
a little soil.  [09912]  $250.00


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