Les Raisons Des Forces Movvantes: Auec diuerses Machines Tant vtilles que plaisantes ...: Ov Sont Desseignées plusieurs Grotes et Fontaines propres pour l'ornement des palais maisons de plaisances et Jardins
Les Raisons des Forces Mouvantes is a 1615 illustrated treatise by Salomon de Caus, published in Frankfurt for designers of palaces, pleasure gardens and grottoes. Its plates show engraved grottoes with rocky arches and water features, garden parterres with clipped hedges and fountains, and a rustic riverside landscape with figures in a boat. A designer could take from them the layered rock forms of artificial grottoes, the geometric layout of formal gardens, and the practice of placing water and figures within a natural setting.
