Arts et métiers mecaniques
Arts et métiers mécaniques is a 1782 French trade-encyclopedia volume on mechanical arts, compiled by Jacques Lacombe and printed by Pierre-François Didot's Imprimerie de Monsieur for Panckoucke in Paris, aimed at craftsmen and general readers. The pictures shown here are small engraved floral cartouches, garlands and rococo ornaments in black line on cream paper, offering a designer ready-made decorative frames, dividers and vignette motifs for period-styled layouts.
