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AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN DRAWING & SKETCHING AND STUDENTS OF ART....

THIS REALLY IS A STUNNING COLLECTION OF VINTAGE BOOKS COMPILED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ONE USB FLASH DRIVE, INCLUDING SOME REALLY RARE TITLES COVERING EVERYTHING TO DO WITH DRAWING, SKETCHING, DRAFTING, INDUSTRIAL DRAWING, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING, MECHANICAL DRAWING, LIGHT AND SHADING, LANDSCAPING, DRAWING NATURE, FREEHAND DRAWING, ETC. THE FULL LIST OF TITLES SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!

This superb compilation of 149 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A course in mechanical drawing by J. Reid (1898)

A course in mechanical drawing by L. Rouillion (1921)

A course in the principles of mechanical drawing by J. Whitmore (1912)

A course of study in industrial drawing by P. Garin (1885)

A hand-book for mapping, engineering, and architectural drawing by B. Wilme (1846)

A handbook of illustration by A. Hinton (1895)

A manual of elementary geometrical drawing, involving three dimensions by S. Warren (1867)

A manual of engineering drawing for students and draftsmen by T. French (1918)

A manual of mechanical drawing by P. Johnston (1907)

A practical course in mechanical drawing for individual study and shop classes, trade and high schools by W. Willard (1912)

A progressive course of inventive drawing on the principles of Pestalozzi for the use of teachers and self-instruction by W. Whitaker (1853)

All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy by C. Bowles (1794)

American text books of art education by W. Smith (1875)

An introduction to mechanical drawing by F. Honey (1881)

An outline course in mechanical drawing for evening classes by W. Locke (1896)

Aphorisms on drawing by S. Malan (1856)

Applied mechanical drawing for first and second year classes in high schools by F. Matthewson (1911)

Architectural drawing by C. Edminster (1899)

Architectural drawing by O. Teal (1920)

Architectural rendering in wash by H. Magonigle (1921)

Architecture and how to sketch it - illustrated by sketches of typical examples by H. Roberts (1910)

Augsburg's drawing book Volume 1 by D. Augsburg (1901)

Augsburg's drawing book Volume 2 by D. Augsburg (1901)

Ben Day shading mediums, for art work on stone, metal & card board by B. Day (1920)

Bengough's chalk-talks by J. Bengough (1922)

Blackboard sketching by F. Whitney (1908)

Building plans and how to draw them by I. Hicks (1909)

Course of study in industrial drawing by P. Garin (1884)

Drawing & engraving by P. Hamerton (1892)

Drawing and design - a class text-book for beginners by E. Taylor (1893)

Drawing for art students and illustrators by A. Seaby (1921)

Drawing for builders; a problem course in architectural drawing by R. Dale (1916)

Drawing from memory - the Cavé method for learning to draw from memory by M. Cave (1871)

Drawing made easy a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin and finish your sketches by E. Lutz (1921)

Drawing, from drawing as an educational force to drawing as an expression of the emotions by A. Hartrick (1921)

Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci by L. Demonts (1922)

Drawings in charcoal and crayon for the use of students and schools by F. Fowler (1885)

Drawings in pen and pencil from Dürer's day to ours; with notes and appreciations by G. Sheringham (1922)

Elementary mechanical drawing, for school and shop by F. Aborn (1886)

Elementary projection drawing. Theory and practice by E. Warren (1880)

Elements of drawing and perspective, with directions for sketching from nature by J. Clark (1837)

Elements of drawing by G. Blessing (1913)

Elements of mechanical drawing by A. Jamison (1905)

Elements of mechanical drawing by A. Titsworth (1906)

Elements of mechanical drawing by C. Sullivan (1893)

Elements of plane and solid free-hand geometrical drawing, with lettering by S. Warren (1878)

Engineer draughtsmen's work - Hints for beginners (1918)

Engineering drawing, practice and theory by I. Carter (1921)

Essentials of drafting by C. Svensen (1919)

Essentials of mechanical drafting by L. Frank (1917)

Fairland's juvenile artist, or, Easy studies for beginners in drawing, of figures, animals, shipping, and landscape by T. Fairland (1838)

First principles of mechanical and engineering drawing by H. Holt-Butterfill (1897)

Free hand drawing and designing by M. Kushlan (1919)

Free-hand drawing - a manual for teachers and students by A. Cross (1898)

Free-hand drawing, light and shade and free-hand perspective - for the use of art students and teachers by A. Cross (1904)

Freehand perspective and sketching by D. Norton (1909)

From Holbein to Whistler, notes on drawing and engraving by A. Brooks (1920)

Geometrical drawing and design by J. Spanton (1913)

Geometrical drawing; a collection of plates for practical use in elementary mechanical drawing by F. Schraidt (1915)

Gilbert's practical drawing book by Gilbert (1878)

Handbook of drawing, with upwards of two hundred woodcuts and diagrams by W. Walker (1880)

Hand-book of industrial drawing for teachers in common schools by I. Tew (1894)

Handbook to pastel by M. Guerin (1898)

Hints on sketching from nature by N. Green (1874)

How children learn to draw by W. Sargent (1916)

How to make patent drawings, a brief treatise on patent drafting for the use of students, draftsmen and inventors by L. Fulmer (1919)

How to read a drawing by V. Getty (1912)

How to read a workshop drawing by W. Longland (1913)

Industrial drawing and geometry; an introduction to various branches of technical drawing by H. Spooner (1911)

Industrial drawing in public schools by W. Smith (1875)

Industrial drawing; comprising the description and uses of drawing instruments, the construction of plane figures, tinting, mechanical and topographical drawing by D. Mahan (1888)

Intermediate course in mechanical drawing by W. Thorne (1889)

Junior course in mechanical drawing by W. Thorne (1888)

Life and character by W. Smedley (1899)

Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing by A. Cross (1897)

Line; an art study by E. Sullivan (1922)

Linear drawing - showing the application of practical geometry to trade and manufactures by E. Davidson (1899)

Machine drawing, for use of students in industrial and continuation schools by L. Wirick (1914)

Mathematical drawing by G.M. Minchin & J.B. Dale (1909)

Mechanical drafting by C. Howe (1916)

Mechanical drafting by H. Miller (1917)

Mechanical drawing - a manual for teachers and students by A. Cross (1902)

Mechanical drawing and practical drafting by C. Sampson (1915)

Mechanical drawing by F. Bartlett (1901)

Mechanical drawing by J. Reid (1919)

Mechanical drawing by L. Faunce (1898)

Mechanical drawing for colleges and universities by J. Phillips (1915)

Mechanical drawing for secondary schools by F. Crawshaw (1916)

Mechanical drawing for trade schools by C. Leeds (1911)

Mechanical drawing problems by C. Weick (1917)

Mechanical drawing self-taught by J. Rose (1883)

Mechanical drawing. Progressive exercises and practical hints by C. MacCord (1892)

Mechanical drawing. Projection drawing. Isometric and oblique drawing by W. Palmer (1894)

Mechanical drawing; a treatise on the drawing of mechanical and machine details by F. Jones (1920)

Mechanical drawing; standards and conventions by F. Kepler (1916)

Mechanical drawing; technique and working methods, for technical students by C. Adams (1913)

Mechanical drawing; working drawings by A. Babbitt (1911)

Model drawing by A. Cross (1890)

Nature drawing from various points of view by H. Bailey (1910)

Nature's laws and the making of pictures by W. Wyllie (1903)

Notes for mechanical drawing by F. Mathewson (1904)

Notes on mechanical drawing by H. Fry (1916)

Notes on practical mechanical drawing, written for the use of students in engineering courses by V. Wilson (1910)

Objects with curved lines Vol. 1 by V Foster (1883)

Objects with curved lines Vol. 2 by V Foster (1883)

Over the drawing board; a draftsmen's hand book by B. Lubschez (1918)

Pen drawing, an illustrated treatise by C. Maginnis (1903)

Pencil studies by C. Rowbotham (1800)

Pencil-sketching by G. Koch (1913)

Perspective for art students by R. Hatton (1910)

Practical draughtsmen's work, with numerous engravings and diagrams by P. Hasluck (1903)

Practical drawing by H. Temple (1917)

Practical geometry for builders and architects by J. Paynter (1921)

Practical hints for draughtsmen by C. MacCord (1888)

Progressive steps in architectural drawing by G. Seaman (1919)

Public school drawing course by J. McFaul (1892)

Reed's drawing lessons by P. Reed (1869)

Rendering in pen and ink by D. Gregg (1906)

School drawing, a real correlation by F. Daniels (1909)

Self-help mechanical drawing; an educational treatise by N. Hawkins (1914)

Senior course in mechanical drawing, comprising a complete system of working drawings by W. Thorne (1890)

Shop sketching, a course of problems for mechanical drawing students by R. Windoes (1919)

Some hints on learning to draw by G. Hutchinson (1893)

Structural drafting by F. Dufour (1921)

Structural drawing by C. Edminster (1907)

Teachers' manual for freehand drawing by W. Smith (1878)

Teacher's manual. for Prang's complete course in form-study and drawing. Books I. and II by J. Clark (1890)

Text book of mechanical drawing by J. Rooke (1895)

The American drawing-book - a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist by J. Chapman (1847)

The art of drawing in lead pencil by J. Salwey (1921)

The British drawing-book or, the art of drawing with accuracy and beauty by N. Whittock (1845)

The eclectic system of industrial freehand and perspective drawing by C. Sullivan (1884)

The elements of drawing & the elements of perspective by J. Ruskin (1912)

The elements of drawing by G. Hamilton (1827)

The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners by J. Ruskin (1895)

The elements of drawing. With 8 illustrations drawn by the author by J. Ruskin (1920)

The excellency of the pen and pencil by Unknown Author (1688)

The illustrated architectural, engineering, & mechanical drawing-book for the use of schools, students, and artisans ; upwards of 300 illustrations by R. Burn (1856)

The measurement of achievement in drawing by E. Thorndike (1913)

The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, and machinist's and engineer's drawing companion by C. Armengaud (1866)

The practice and science of drawing by H. Speed (1913)

The principles of drawing by G. De Lairesse (1764)

The progressive drawing-book by Unknown Author (1853)

The science and art of model and object drawing by L. Baker (1883)

The teaching of drawing - its aims and methods by S. Polak (1910)

The technic of mechanical drafting a practical guide to neat, correct, and legible drawing by C. Reinhardt (1904)

The theory of engineering drawing by A. Adler (1912)

Working drawings and how to make and use them by L. Haupt (1881)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in drawing, sketching and art in general – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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