[Rarebooks] FS: 1860 -Get Some Perspective! (French Art Manual)

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TITLE: “Traite de Perspective Pratique pour Dessiner d'Apres Nature”

By Jean Pierre Thenot.
Published in Paris by Dunod, Editeur in 1872. 4th edition.

DISCUSSION: A popular 19th century guide to practical perspective for 
the artist and designer, first published in 1827. There was a New York 
edition in 1834 and a London edition in 1836. Jean Pierre Thenot 
(1803-1857) was a portrait artist and painter who also taught art to 
many pupils, a point he makes repeatedly in his introduction.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7"x10.5", iv + viii + 189 pages, with 29 
engraved plates (numbered 1-2, 2-bis, 3-28). Publisher's pebbled cloth.

CONDITION NOTES: Front and rear hinge reglued, slight internal soil, 
light cover wear.

PRICE: $60 -

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