De L'Utilité Des Voyages Et De L'Avantage que la recherche des Antiquitez procure aux sçavans
De L'Utilité Des Voyages is an 1727 French treatise by Charles-César Baudelot de Dairval on the value of travel and antiquarian study for scholars, held by Heidelberg University Library. Its plates are engraved pages of ancient gems and intaglios, seals and cameos with figures and inscriptions, plus a few statues and a bearded mask, drawn in fine black line on plain paper, offering a designer clear models of classical engraved-stone composition, oval framing and lettering.
