Title: Cusack's perspective drawing
Publisher: City of London Book Depot
Publication Date: 1902
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st
xv, 152 pages plus 3 pages of publisher's adverts at the back; floral decorative endpapers. About half the pages are set & printed horizontally on the page. Profusley illustrated with 121 line-drawn diagrams. 19 x 25 cm. Original embossed dark blue cloth. Spine with red lettering that is slightly faded, upper board with lettering within blind-stamped border. Mild wear to the top & bottom of the spine, one miniscule tear on the top edge and to the corners. Some handling marks on the boards. A course of instruction including problems, questions and exercises to facilitate the drawing of perspective for artists and architects. Explanations and clear instructions are supported by diagrams throughout. Contents are as follows: Introduction. How We See. Perspective Representation. Laws Governing the Appearance of Objects. Application of the Preceding Laws. Of Lines Parallel to the Picture Plane. Foreshortening of the Picture Plane. Measurement of Lines Parallel to the Picture Plane. Of Drawings Produced beyond the Field of Vision. Of Horizontal Lines Inclined at an Angle with the Picture Plane. Of Parallel Planes. The Perspective Representation of Planes. Vanishing Lines of Receding Planes. Sciography, or the Radial Projection of Shadows. Shadows cast by natural light. Reflection. Aerial Perspective. The Criticism of Model Drawing. Common Errors in Perspective. An Analysis of Perspective Drawings. Somewhat uncommon title. WorldCat locates just four copies, 2 in the British Library and 1 each at Oxford & Cambridge. Universities. Bookseller Inventory # 4450