Two figures in a plane are perspective from a point O if the lines joining corresponding points of the figures all meet at O

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Tab. 17. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Tab. 15. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

John Locke: left profile of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Tab. 10. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

1 print : stipple engraving, printed in reddish brown

2 volumes in 1, engr. title page & 127 double plates (diagrams) ; (folio)

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

xiii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

Short and plain principles of linear perspective , particularly adapted to shipping, &c. Containing rules to draw correctly the picturesque forms of ships, &c. In all their various Postures. Very necessary for Students, to enable them to judge of Correctness, in the Productions of the Professors of this Branch. With six copper-plates. By A. Cobin.

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Perspective

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

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