¿uvres completes d'Antoine-Raphael Mengs ... : contenant differens traites sur la theorie de la peinture, traduit de l'Italien
A collected edition of Anton Raphael Mengs's writings on painting theory, translated from Italian and published in Paris in 1786 by the Hôtel de Thou press for readers interested in art theory. The three pictures are small woodcut ornaments, a sprig of leafy flowers, a bouquet tied with a ribbon, and a scrolled decorative border, showing 18th-century printed floral vocabulary a designer could adapt for borders, dividers, or botanical motifs.
