Versuch einer Beschreibung historischer und natürlicher Merkwürdigkeiten der Landschaft Basel: Augst
An 18th-century German antiquarian survey of Roman remains and natural curiosities around Basel and Augst, compiled by Daniel Bruckner with illustrations by Emanuel Büchel, published in 1763 for scholars and collectors of antiquities. The woodcut-style plates show Roman pottery, carved reliefs and fragments, with the figures and ornament drawn in fine black line on plain paper. A designer could take from them the classical acanthus scrolls, egg-and-dart bands and small figural motifs of Roman decorative art.
