Cabinet des singularitez dárchitecture, peinture, sculpture, et graveure : ou, Introduction a la connoissance des plus beaux arts, figurés sous les tableaux, les statuës, & les estampes
Cabinet des singularitez is a 1699 Paris art compendium by Florent Le Comte, published by N. Le Clerc, introducing architecture, painting, sculpture and engraving to educated readers. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut ornaments, mostly symmetrical cartouches of foliage, scrollwork, masks and putti framing a central figure or motif, offering designers ready models for decorative borders, vignettes and tailpieces.










