Dubreuil (Jean) La Perspective Pratique, necessaire a tours peintres, 2 vol. only (of 3), second edition, additional engraved titles, full-page engraved illustrations, engraved initials and headpieces, ink ownership inscriptions of Jean Claude Nattes and William de la Motte, vol. 1 2M4 provided in facsimile, possibly in Nattes' hand, vol. 1 first 3 ff. expertly strengthened at fore-edges, occasional marginal water-staining, occasional faint marginal pencil doodling, tender edges, occasional chipping and small loss to edges, scattered spotting and staining, vol. 1 with new endpapers, vol. 1 in modern calf, vol. 2 strengthened at hinges, vol. 2 later speckled calf, rebacked, uniform spines, 4to, Paris, 1651-79.*** Provenance: Vol. 1 with Nattes' name inscribed on engraved title. Vol. 2 with William de la Motte, 1810 to front free endpaper and letterpress title. Front pastedown of vol. 2 inscribed "Given by Honble. Mrs Campbell to John Claude Nattes, then presented to his God-daughter Ellen Barber, August 20, 1838."William de la Motte (1775-1863) was an English artist who enjoyed the patronage of King George III. His work mainly took the form of architecture and landscapes, particularly around his home of Oxford.Jean Claude Nattes (c.1765-1839) was an artist who was commissioned by Joseph Banks to record the buildings of Lincolnshire. The drawings and watercolours produced for this commission are now housed in the Lincoln Central Library.This work could well have been used by both artists in order to understand and improve perspective within their respective topographical works.