184 - Giusti, Tommaso. Practical Geometry of the Eclerche, Described and Drawn … for the Purpose of Teaching Architecture, Perspective, Surveying, and Other Required Subjects. 1787. An interesting instructional manuscript on geometry and perspective

Giusti, Tommaso. Practical Geometry of the Eclerche, Described and Drawn … for the Purpose of Teaching Architecture, Perspective, Surveying, and Other Required Subjects. 1787. An interesting instructional manuscript on geometry and perspective Giusti, Tommaso. Practical Geometry of the Eclerche, Described and Illustrated … for the Purpose of Teaching Courses in Architecture, Perspective, Surveying, and Other Required Subjects. 1787. Quarto (260 x 190 mm); 102, [1] leaves. 82 geometric plates in ink, some also watercolored (signs of age, sporadic stains). Contemporary half-parchment binding with corners and colored paper. An eighteenth-century manuscript intended for the study of geometry as applied to architecture, perspective, and surveying. The work is distinguished by its plates, which visually illustrate the principles and constructions explained in the text. The reference to Sébastien Le Clerc, a renowned engraver and professor of perspective at the Académie Royale in Paris, attests to the widespread popularity of his manuals and teaching method throughout Europe. Interesting eighteenth-century manuscript on practical geometry, perspective, and surveying