Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Académie Royale des Sciences depuis son établissement jusqu'à présent
A 1702 Paris collection of machines and inventions approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences since its founding, compiled by the Académie des Sciences for engineers, mechanics and architects of the period. The four pictures are repeated ornamental cartouches of scrolling acanthus, swags and pendant tassels, a version of the same engraved decorative head-piece, and they offer a designer a model for symmetrical baroque ornament built from C-scrolls and hanging drapery.
