The principles of practical perspective, or, Scenographic projection : containing universal rules for delineating designs on various surfaces, and taking views from nature by the most simple and expeditious methods : to which are added, rules for shadowing, and the elements of painting, the whole treated in a manner calculated to render the science of perspective and the art of drawing easy of attainment to every capacity, illustrated with fifty-one plates
Richard Brown's 1815 London treatise on perspective, published for Samuel Leigh and other booksellers, teaches students to draw designs and views from nature by geometric projection rules. Its fifty-one plates are engraved line diagrams showing buildings, a tower, and a pyramid plotted with vanishing points and sight lines, so a designer can borrow the clear construction-line style and the architectural forms for technical drawings.
