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Père Jean Dubreuil 
[Drawing aids?] 
1642 
  
Engraving 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) 
 
LL/45245 
  
The source for this image is not certain but an Internet source credits to Jean Dubreuil, 1663, La Perspective Practique, (Paris) with the caption: "Fragmento del grabado: 'Machine à Desiner'"
 
The Beinecke Library at Yale University has a copy of this book:
 
First published in Paris in 1642, Jean Dubreuil’s La perspective pratique became one of Western Europe’s most popular guides to accurately representing three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface. Shown here is the first English edition, published in London in 1672; it was one of seven editions published in French and English in the 17th century. 150 full-page plates provide simple geometrical exercises for rendering columns, entablatures and room interiors, as well as curved surfaces such as casement arches, spiral staircases, and groin-vault ceilings. Similar lessons follow for smaller objects—beds, chairs, swinging cupboard doors—in addition to shadows and human figures.
 
beinecke.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/power-pictures/scientific-illustration
(Accessed: 30 December 2015)
 
I'm indebted to Rob McElroy for tracking down the source of this illustration (30 December 2015). 
 

 
  
 
  
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