Reed's Drawing Lessons

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Excerpt from Reed's Drawing Lessons: With Twenty Pages of Lithographic Engravings, and Numerous Wood CutsHonor and fame from no condition rise, Act well your part, for there the honor lies.It is related of Apelles, a celebrated Grecian painter, that, calling on his friend Praxiteles, and not finding him at home, he left a mark upon the latter's canvas, by which Praxiteles might know his visitor. Now this mystic mark is supposed to have been two parallel lines, as true and perfectly drawn as though done by rule and compass. But this skill was the mystery, and the remark of Praxiteles was, that none but Apelles could give that sign I.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.