The handmaid to the arts ...
The Handmaid to the Arts is a 1764 London technical manual by Robert Dossie, printed for J. Nourse, covering chemistry, painting, glass, porcelain and engraving for working artists and craftsmen. Its pictures are small diagrams and a decorative printed ornament, showing a lattice of crossed bars with lettered reference points and a scrolled foliate cartouche, which suggest simple geometric hatching and classic ornamental border motifs for a designer.
