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'Part 1 for Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing Books III and IV' by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry was published by the The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1891 (but see note below)..

This work is the second in a series of 5 manuals accompanied by 10 drawing-books. This manual covers drawing-books 3 and 4. I have not seen a copy of these drawing books.

The Author's preface is the same as in book one of the series.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here. It is worth noting that although the copyright date of this copy is 1891 the date on the Author's Preface is 1893. This either means that despite the copyright date the work was not issued until 1893 or that this is not the original edition of the work. I do not know which of these is the case.

Note that in contrast to the first manual there is no mention of using folding as a means of bisection or trisection in this work.

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Analysis

Paperfolding is used:

1. To teach some basic mathematical concepts:

Demonstrating that there are three kinds of corners - square, sharp and blunt

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2. To create models for drawing exercises from paper strips

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3. To create models for drawing exercises from templates printed in the 'drawing-books':

Cardboard Modelling Designs

The text refers to making a toy house, cylindric box, square box and an equilateral triangle prism from templates in the work or in the 'drawing-books'.

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