Supplément au livre de l'antiquitée expliquée et représentée en figures
A supplement to Bernard de Montfaucon's illustrated survey of classical antiquity, published in Paris in 1757 by Giffart and others, intended for scholars and collectors of ancient art. The engraved plates show Roman funerary monuments, including sepulchral niches with statues, inscribed tomb panels, and carved reliefs of eagles and cupids. A designer might take from them the crisp hatched line engraving, the architectural framing of niches and pediments, and the tablet-like inscription blocks as sources for classical ornament.
