Les antiquités d'Athènes
Les antiquités d'Athènes is a French edition of James Stuart's study of Athenian architecture, published in Paris in 1808 by C.P. Landon and printed by Firmin Didot for readers of classical antiquities and architecture. The plates are measured engraved drawings of columns, capitals, entablatures and mouldings, with fig. numbers and scale bars. A designer can take from them the precise profiles of Greek and Roman orders, from acanthus-leaf capitals to fluted shafts and coffered ceiling patterns.
