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<dl><dd>Le Royer's device on t.p. (potter). The ill. are by Le Royer and his brother-in-law Aubin Olivier after Cousin; see Mortimer. Headpieces. Grotesque and floriated initials</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A⁴(A2+1) B-I⁴ K⁶ L⁴ M⁴(M1+1) N-R⁴ (R4 blank)</dd>
<dd>Getty c. 1 lacks final blank</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: calfskin, with mottled patterning in diagonal rows. Rebacked, preserving gilt-tooled backstrip with red label bearing title: PERSPE / DE J. / COUSIN. Page edges red</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 2: old limp vellum. Remains of two pairs of ties at foredge. Spine of textblock reinforced with vellum MS waste as well as two sheets of paper. At upper left corner of inside front cover is etched bookplate with legend: d'Agincourt in. sc. (Jean Baptiste Louis Georges Seroux d'Agincourt, 1730-1814, writer on art; see Gelli, n. 5). At head of front free endpaper recto is signature: Hugues Chastillon Ingenieur. Written at head of title: 1667</dd>
<dd>Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 832</dd>
<dd>[144] pages (the last 2 blank) : 38 cm (fol.)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Perspective; Geometrical drawing; Drawing, French; Wood-engraving, French; Perspective -- Early works to 1800; Geometrical drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Drawing, French -- 16th century; Wood-engraving, French -- 16th century</div>
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Cousin, Jean, approximately 1490-1560?</div>
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