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Title(s):

Instruments of the imagination : a history of drawing instruments in Britain 1600-1850.

Published/Created:
Worcestershire [England] : Dawes Trust, c2009.
Physical Description:
iv, 136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
NA1995 .I57 2009 (LC) Oversize
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Howard Dawes ... identified as the author of this work ..."--T.p. verso and jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p.131-132) and index.
Numerous items discussed in this book are included in the exhibition, Compass and rule, architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750, at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, February 4 - April 25, 2010.
Subject Terms:
Architectural drawing -- Technique.
Compasses (Mathematical instruments)
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing instruments -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Dawes, Howard.
Yale Center for British Art. Compass and rule.
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