Nouveau systeme des eaux minerales de Forges...
A 1699 French treatise by Jean Larouviere on the mineral waters of Forges, printed in Paris by Laurent d'Houry for a medical readership. Its plates mix engraved heraldic cartouches, with a crowned shield and scrolling ornament, and technical diagrams of underground springs, basins and a bird's-eye view of a stone spring basin. Designers can take the framed armorial labels, the swirling acanthus-style scrollwork and the clean line schematics as models for vintage emblems and technical drawing.
