A New Manual of Perspective

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Excerpt from A New Manual of Perspective: Containing Remarks on the Theory of the Art, and Its Practical Application in the Production of Drawings, Calculated for the Use of Students in Architectural and Picturesque Drawing, Draughtsmen, Engravers, Builders, Carpenters, Engineers, Etc. EtcBooks professing to convey instruction on various branches of art have become so nume rous, that authors at the present time usually think it necessary to apologize for adding to the number. In introducing the new manual OF perspective to public notice apology would be super¿uous, as it is an endeavour to render a mest useful branch of knowledge intelligible to all persons of ordinary capacity and confined education, to whom it has hitherto been a sealed book, from the prolix, pedantic observa tions, obsolete technicalities, and complicated diagrams, used by most authors that have written upon the Art of Perspective. Even modern professors pre-sup'pose' that those who require instruction in the art have attained.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.