Traité De La Science Du Dessin

Paris, Me Ve Courcier, 1821; two quarto volumes (271 x 226 mm), XII, 456 pp., 1 errata and title leaf, 7 pp, 55 pl. A fine copy bound in two volumes, one for the text, the other for the engravings, complete with its 55 etchings. Contemporary bindings, half-calf, smooth spines lettered and decorated. Contains the general theory of shadows, linear perspective, the general theory of optical images and aerial perspective in wash. Corners slightly bumped, light foxing.