Recveil De Portraits Des personnes qui se sont distinguées tant dans les armes que dans les belles Lettre et les arts Comme aussi la famille Royale de France Et autres Cours Etrangeres
A 1725 French collection of engraved oval portrait plates by Étienne Jehandier Desrochers and Gilles Edme Petit, gathering notable figures of arms, letters and the arts, along with the French royal family and foreign courts. Each plate shows a bust-length man in an oval frame over a scroll with a Latin or French inscription, offering a designer a consistent model for period portrait framing, cartouches and ecclesiastical or military costume.
