Description des principales pierres gravées du cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans : premier prince du sang
A 1780 Paris catalogue by the antiquary François Arnaud describing the engraved gems in the cabinet of the Duke of Orléans, the first prince of the blood, for collectors and connoisseurs of antiquities. The plates show oval and round intaglio gems with classical figures engraved in fine lines, with a nude youth, a seated man at a hearth, a gorgon-like head, and a satyr and lyre player, offering designers compact framed medallion compositions and examples of engraved classical ornament.


















