La ville de Rome, ou, Description abrégée de cette superbe ville : divisée en quatre volumes : et ornée de 425 planches en taille douce
A French guidebook to Rome by Dominique Magnan, printed in Rome in 1778 for travellers and readers interested in its antiquities. Its engraved plates record Roman sculpture, reliefs and statues in plain pencil-like line on pale paper. A designer could take from them the crisp, unshaded linework of classical relief friezes, arranged in horizontal bands with figures in procession and combat.
