Explication de quelques marbres antiques, dont les originaux sont dans le cabinet de M***
This is an 1733 French scholarly treatise by Jean Bouhier, printed at Aix by Joseph David for a learned readership, explaining antique marble inscriptions and sculptures held in a private collection. Its pictures are small black-line ornamental headpieces and a initial letter: scrolled acanthus cartouches framing urns of flowers, a heart within a sunburst, and a grotesque mask, offering designers ready-made decorative frames, dividers and historicist ornament.
