Promptuarium artis argentariæ : ex quo, centum exquisito studio inventis, delineatis, ac in ære incisis tabulis propositis, elegantissimæ, ac innumeræ educi possunt novissimæ ideæ ...
Promptuarium artis argentariæ is a Latin pattern book of silverwork designs, issued in Rome in 1750 by the publisher Fausto Amidei from the designs of Giovanni Giardini (1646-1722), for silversmiths and church plate makers. The pictures are numbered engraved plates of ornate baroque ewers, urns and ornamental stands with scrolls, cherubs, griffins and foliage, offering designers a ready vocabulary of rococo and baroque ornament.
