Histoire du monde,
Histoire du monde is a 1689 French world history by Urbain Chevreau, published in Paris by the widow of Edme Martin, Jean Boudot and Estienne Martin, and aimed at a general educated reader. Its plates are engraved architectural views of ancient wonders such as the Pharos, the Mausoleum, the Pyramids and Babylon, framed in ornate cartouches with classical scenes and a printed Tacitus motto. Designers might draw on the dense hatched engraving, the decorative scroll cartouches, and the ornamented armorial shield.
