Vies et oeuvres des peintres les plus celebres de toutes les ecoles : recueil classique contenant l'oeuvre complete des peintres du premier rang, et leurs portraits, les principales productions des artistes de 2e et 3e classes, un abrege de la vie des peintres grecs, et un choix des plus belles peintures antiques, reduit et grave au trait, d'apres les estampes de la Bibliotheque nationale et des plus riches collections particulieres
A French art-historical anthology published in Paris in 1803 by Charles Paul Landon, printed by François Chaignieau, reproducing outline engravings of famous painters' works and portraits for students and art collectors. The four pictures are small line-drawn reproductions of Italian and other European paintings, some printed sideways, set on plain white pages with French captions beneath. A designer could take from them the economy of reduced outline drawing, with simple contour lines standing in for shading and modelling.
