Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic, oder grundlich verfasste Reguln derer man sich als einer Anleitung zu berumter Runstlere Zeichen-Werken bestens bedienen tan achtemal ausgelegt von Johann Daniel Preissler, Western Europe, 1754.

Through theory to practice by J.-D. Preissler is a code of techniques for human body representation through studying anatomical proportions and applying this knowledge to practice. Plates of some 86 sample tables made by I.D.Preissler and engraved by Heorg Mart Preissler. In Russia this book goes under the name of "Прейслерова рисовальная книга" [Preissler"s Drawing Book] or "Основательные правила или краткое руководство к рисовальному художеству Управителя Нюрнбергской Академии живописного художества Иоанна Даниила Прейслера" [Thorough Drawing Rules or Compendium of Drawing by Johann Daniel Preissler, the head of the Nuremberg Academy of Painting]. In the 18th and early 19th centuries it was the most widely used manual in teaching to draw. Card bindings pasted over with coloured paper, gold stamped leather spine. 22,5х36cm., satisfactory condition: rubbed, some soiling, traces of restoration work, owner"s inscriptions and notes. From N.A.Peshkova library. In German. The edition is of cultural and historical value.