A Treatise on Shades and Shadows, and Linear Perspective. Second Edition.

DAVIES (Charles)

Published by New York Wiley & Putnam Collins Keese & Co., 1838

About this Item

Davies' work was first published in 1832. He was Professor of Mathematics at West Point Military Academy. When the first edition was published, the reviewer in The New England Magazine for May 1832, observed, "No man should presume to criticise even a painting or engraving unless he has studied perspective. Mr. Davies's book.is the best of its kind, yet published, and the demonstrations are as plain and concise, almost, as the subject will admit." Small wonder, then, that an engineer who was also, though an amateur, a highly-accomplished and, indeed, historically-important architect would have a book like this in his collection. John B. Clarke, Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men (1882), pp. [9]-13; and Bryant F. Tolles, New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide (1979), p. 91. Seller Inventory # 3949

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Treatise on Shades and Shadows, and Linear...

Publisher: New York Wiley & Putnam Collins Keese & Co.

Publication Date: 1838

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition