Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc.

Figura Octoges. secunda.

John James translation

Columna Corinthia horizontaliter deformata.

Illustration from Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to delineate in perspective all designs relating to architecture

Vestigium & elevatio stylobatæ, quem delineavimus figurâ duodecimâ, suppeditat mensuras pilarum hoc loco deformandarum, ut ex iis eruatur contractio columnæ. Huic autem soli suas umbras addidimus, ut clariùs appareat modus & artificium totius operationis. Ex his vides, quadrata & circulos in perspectivâ horizontali omninò retinere suam figuram, eamque dumtaxat restringi paulatim & coarctari: quicquid in contrarium & verbis & pennicillo docuerint Pictores nonnulli.