Cours d'architecture, ou, Traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiments : contenant les leçons données en 1750, & les années suivants
A 1771 Paris architectural treatise by Jacques-François Blondel and Pierre Patte, based on lectures given from 1750, covering the decoration, layout and construction of buildings for architects and students. The single plate shows a circular rosette of stylised acanthus-like foliage around a small central starburst, a model for classical ornament that a designer could adapt for a border, medallion or emblem.
