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La perspectiue curieuse du reuerend p. Niceron minime : diuisée en quatre liures. Avec l'Optique et la catoptrique du r.p. Mersenne du mesme ordre, mise en lumiere aprés la mort de l'autheur ..

Nicéron, Jean François, 1613-1646, Mersenne, Marin, 1588-1648. Optique et la catoptrique, Daret, Pierre, 1604-1678, Blanchin, Jean, b. ca. 1594, Lasne, Michel, ca. 1590-1667, Du Puis, Jean, 1633-1675, Veuve de François Langlois, 17th cent · 1663 · A Paris : Chez Iean du Puis ... · 26 pictures

A 1663 Paris treatise on perspective by the Minim friar Jean François Niceron, published posthumously with Marin Mersenne's optics and catoptrics, aimed at painters, draftsmen and students of optics. The plates are engraved geometric diagrams of vanishing-point constructions, polyhedra, anamorphic distortions and star-shaped figures, with lettered reference marks and ruled grids that a designer could borrow for perspective studies, geometric patterns or ornamental layouts.

Perspective · Optics, Physical

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