Raisonnement sur la perspective, pour en faciliter l'usage aux artistes. Dédié aux mêmes.
Parme, Frères faure, 1758.
Folio (375x247 mm), (10 (including 2 engraved titles and one engraved 'Avis')-20 pages and 9 engraved plates. binding : Blind cardboard. Spine chipped.
First edition. Beautiful perspective manual, written in French and Italian.
Petitot was a French architect who joined Parma in June 1753 with the title of first court architect and instructor at the newly created Academy of Fine Arts.