Encyclopédie Méthodique: Ou Par Ordre De Matières: Recueil de planches du Dictionnnaire des beaux-arts
This is a plate-volume from the Encyclopédie Méthodique, published in Paris in 1805 and drawn from its Dictionnaire des beaux-arts, intended for artists, craftsmen and students of the fine arts. The engraved plates show workshop scenes, tools and mechanical devices with numbered figures and captions. A designer might draw from their clean hatched line work, labelled diagrams and precise technical drawings of sculptors' and carvers' equipment.
