Galeries historiques de Versailles : collection de gravures réduites d'après les dessins originaux du grand ouvrage in-folio sur Versailles
A French illustrated book published in Paris in 1840 by Charles Gavard, with text by Jules Janin, reproducing reduced engravings after original drawings of the palace and collections at Versailles for a general art-loving readership. The pictures are pale pencil-like line drawings on single pages, some printed sideways, showing historical scenes such as hunts, battles and courtly figures with captions beneath; a designer might borrow their loose sketchy linework and compositional layouts of landscape vignettes.
