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Brook Taylor
English mathematician (1685–1731)
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A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice; on the true principles of Dr. Brook Taylor. Made clear, in theory, by various moveable schemes, and diagrams; and reduced to practice ... Containing diagrams, views, and original designs, in architecture, &c. ... All originals; / invented, delineated, and, great part, engraved by the author, Thomas Malton.
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Thomas Malton
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Date: 1778
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Contemplatio philosophica a posthumous work, of the late Brook Taylor, L.L.D. F.R.S. Some Time Secretary Of The Royal Society. To which is prefixed a life of the author, by his grandson, Sir William Young, Bart. F.R.S. A. S. S. With an appendix, Containing Sundry original Papers, Letters from the Count Raymond de Montmort, Lord Bolingbroke, Marcilly de Villette, Bernouilli, &c.
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Taylor, Brook 1685-1731.
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Date: 1793
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Minuta autografa inedita di lettera scritta da G.B. Morgagni a Brook Taylor / [Francesco Aulizio].
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Aulizio, F. (Francesco)
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Date: 1963
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Brook Taylor. Etching by J. Ryland after J. Kirby.
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Joshua Kirby
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Date: [1768?]
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Reference: 3010818i
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Brook Taylor. Line engraving after R. Earlom.
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Richard Earlom
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Reference: 9093i
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Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy both in theory and in practice: in two books. Being An Attempt to make the Art of Perspective easy and familiar; To adapt it entirely to the Arts of Design; And To make it an Entertaining Study to any Gentleman who shall chuse so polite an Amusement. By Joshua Kirby, Designer in Perspective to their Majesties. Illustrated with many copper-plates, Correctly Engraved under the Author's Inspection. Book I.
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Kirby, John Joshua 1716-1774.
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Date: 1765
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