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The Artist's vade mecum; being the whole art of drawing taught in a new work elegantly engraved on one hundred folio copper plates : Containing great variety of examples in every branch of that noble art: as parts of the face, heads, hands, feet, academy, antiques; and groupes of figures, beasts, birds, insects, flowers, fruit, shells, ornaments, buildings, landscapes, &c. &c. &c. collected from the works of the greatest masters. To which is prefixed, an essay on drawing: with introductory rules for the use of learners: in which the first principles of that useful and noble art are explained in such manner that it may be attained in a short time without a master.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed and published according to act of Parliament: and sold by R. Sayer, at the Golden-Buck, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXII. [1762]
Description8 pages, plates ; 2⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
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General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, N31089.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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