Edgerton (Samuel Y.), born 1926

(24 cm), xvii (1), 206 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - An account of the historical development of linear perspective out of thirteenth-century theories of optics with a discussion of the impact of the 15th-16th century rediscovery of perspective upon science, religion and the economy. First edition of this influential book. ¶ Price clipped from dust jacket. Very good, unmarked copy.