Dictionnaire des monogrammes, chiffres, lettres initiales, logogryphes, rébus, &c. : sous lesquels les plus célébres peintres, graveurs & dessinateurs ont dessiné leurs noms
A French dictionary of artists' monograms, ciphers, initials and rebuses published in Paris in 1762 by Johann Friedrich Christ and Gottfried Sellius, compiled for printmakers, painters and draughtsmen to identify their signatures. The pictures are stacked letter-forms and cipher marks set in printed type, with dates such as 1543, 1546 and 1634 beside them. A designer could take from them a range of interlaced capital letters, flourished initials and compact monogram layouts for logos or signatures.
