Engraving Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) 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 objectsbeds, chairs, swinging cupboard doorsin addition to shadows and human figures.
