THE SCIENCE OF PERSPECTIVE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
- the yellow and gold collection

Maniere Universelle de Monsieur Desargues - Abraham Bosse
Paris 1648; 520pp, 187mm x 122mm

In this volume Bosse provides a systematic description of space on a two-dimensional surface in art, and this is closely associated with studies of conics, projective and descriptive geometry, cartography and the design of fortifications. To illustrate his thesis there are 156 geometrical plates which amplify the extensive text. £45 Order

Perspective made easie - Bernard Lamy
1710 256pp + 1 pull-out, 187mm x 122mm

The first edition of this attractive treatise was published in Paris in 1710. This reproduction is of the text that was 'faithfully translated into English by an Officer of Her Majestie's Ordnance'. It contains 30 plates. £45 Order

La Perspective Affranchie - Johann Heinrich Lambert 
Zurich 1759; 208pp + 6 pull-outs, 187mm x 122mm

From the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries a succession of major treatises was written either by artists of a scientific bent or by scientists who recognised the potentialities of perspective. This innovatory work by the scientist, Lambert, containing pictorial aspects, is a case in point. £45 Order