Voyage Littéraire De La Grèce, Ou Lettres Sur Les Grecs, Anciens Et Modernes, Avec Un Parallele De Leurs Moeurs
Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce is a 1771 French travelogue and archaeological survey of Greece by Pierre Augustin Guys, written for an educated readership interested in ancient and modern Greek manners. These four pictures are small woodcut tailpieces and vignettes: a laurel wreath around an eagle on open books, a bundle of scrolls tied with ribbon and flowers, a heap of military trophies with flags and swords, and a helmeted classical trophy with a shield and spear. A designer might take from them the period decorative vocabulary of laurel, ribbon, and trophy motifs for classical-revival layouts.
