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 for scholars and collectors of ancient art. Its plates are engraved archaeological drawings of Roman altars, sarcophagus-like pulvinaria, votive reliefs and wall paintings, drawn with fine, even hatching on plain pages. A designer might take from them the restrained, diagrammatic layout of 18th-century antiquarian plates, with framed motifs, laurel-wreath borders and clean captions.
