Morphographie, ou, L'art de représenter fidèlement toutes les formes et apparences des corps solides, par le dessin linéaire et perspectif : traité élémentaire, destiné à toutes les personnes qui veulent connaître en peu de temps et d'une manière raisonnée le dessin en général
Morphographie is an 1838 Paris treatise on linear and perspective drawing by J. P. Thénot, written as an elementary manual for anyone wanting to learn drawing quickly and methodically. The plate shows numbered geometric solids such as cubes, a cylinder and a pyramid, drawn in line and shaded in several perspective views with construction lines and small reference letters. A designer could take from it the clear way that simple volumes are broken into overlapping planes, cast shadows and cut-away angles.
