The principles of drawing [electronic resource], or, an easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art. Being a compleat drawing book: containing A curious Collection of Examples in all the Variety of Cases; As the several Parts of the Human Body, whole Figures, Landskips, Cattle, Building, &c. curiously Engraved on Copper-Plates, after the Designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other Great Masters. To which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; Containing an Account of the Instruments and Materials used in Drawing, and the Method of managing them; also Instructions to form the Judgment of a young Beginner, and direct his Hand in Practice, with easy and proper Lessons for him at the first Entrance. Also, Easy and Proper Lessons for a Young Beginner, with Instructions to form his Judgment and direct his Practice. Translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse, and improved with abstracts from C. A. Du Fresnoy.