Description de l'Academie royale des arts de peinture et de sculpture
Description de l'Academie royale des arts de peinture et de sculpture is a 1715 Paris guidebook issued by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture for visitors to its meeting hall. The pictures include a folding ground plan of the hall with seating and doors, a printed cartouche with a crowned emblem, and a page describing a colossal Hercules statue and the Farnese Palace. A designer might take the crisp engraved plans, ornamental cartouches and dense letterpress layout as period reference for architectural diagrams.
