THE

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DRAWING IN PERSPECTIVE

MADE EASY.

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DRAWING IN PERSPECTIVE

MADE EASY

To those who have no previous Knowledge
of the MATHEMATICS.

By JAMES FERGUSON, F. R. 5,

The SECOND EDITION,

Illuftrated with PLATES.

LONDON:

Printed for W. STRAHAN; and T. CADELL in the Strand.

MDCCLXXVIII.

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PRE FAC E.

IN

my

infirm ftate of health, a fitua-` tion that is very apt to affect the mental faculties, I thought my late book of Mechanical Exercifes would have been the last I fhould ever publifh. But, as I have been conftantly accustomed to an active life, and to confider idleness as an infupportable burden, I have, of late, amused myfelf at intervals, as my ufual business would permit, with ftudying Perfpective; which is an art that every one who makes drawings, were it but for plates (especially of folid figures) in books, fhould be acquainted with, And indeed I drew the figures which