Les édifices antiques de Rome
Les édifices antiques de Rome is an 1779 architectural survey of ancient Roman buildings by Antoine Babuty Desgodets, published in Paris by Claude-Antoine Jombert for architects and students of classical design. Its engraved plates measure column capitals, cornices and entablatures against drawn grids and dimension lines, with French captions naming each element. A designer could draw on the precise Corinthian and Ionic capital profiles, acanthus leaf carving and rosette coffers as classical ornament sources.
