THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S ASSISTANT

(BOWLES,CARINGTON).THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S ASSISTANT; OR, DRAWING MADEEASY.                                                                                                                                       

London: Robert Sayer, (circa 1801). 4to. Later half-morocco, marbled boards. (ii), 16 pages, 72 engraved plates.

Published as early as 1772, all editions of this work are scarce with only single copies of any edition cited on OCLC.  This undated edition (attributed to 1801 due to the watermark on the paper) shows only two copies on OCLC -- Winterthur and Yale.  Bowles was a prolific publisher of drawing and painting manuals intended for amateurs and ladies, and many of his plates are derived from the leading artists of the day -- in particular he liked to copy plates from Le Clerc's drawing manuals.  The 1772 edition has 55 plates, but this later edition is enlarged to 72 plates with many plates illustrating multiple things -- animals, flowers, seascapes, landscapes, anatomy, etc.  Later owner

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