Causes de la decadence du gout sur le theatre : où l'on traite des droits, des talens, & des fautes des auteurs : des devoirs des comédiens, de ce que la société leur doit, & de leurs usurpations funestes à l'art dramatique
An 18th-century French treatise on drama and theatre criticism, written by Charpentier and published in Paris in 1768, aimed at authors, actors and theatre readers. Its pictures are small black woodcut ornaments: a symmetrical scrolled cartouche with a central flower bouquet, and loose sprays of roses, blossoms and leaves, useful to a designer seeking historic floral vignette and tailpiece motifs.
