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The text outlines a method for learning drawing, providing rules and guidelines to master the art quickly. It includes plates of human anatomy as depicted by Raphael and other masters, along with academic figures by Cochin, and studies of antique statues and landscapes. The book is authored by Charles-Antoine Jombert and published in Paris in 1784.
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English Translation of this page:
METHOD FOR LEARNING DRAWING,
Where the general rules of this great art are given, and the precepts to acquire knowledge of it and to become proficient in a short time:
Enriched with one hundred plates representing different parts of the human body after Raphael and the other great masters; several academic figures drawn from nature by M. Cochin; the proportions and measurements of the most beautiful antique statues to be seen in Italy, and some studies of animals and landscape.
By CHARLES-ANTOINE JOMBERT.
IN PARIS, RUE DES GRANDS AUGUSTINS.
At BARROIS the Elder, bookseller, rue de Savoie, no. 23.
M. DCC. LXXXIV. WITH APPROVAL AND PRIVILEGE OF THE KING.