Johann Samuel Hallens, Professors der Historie bei dem Königlichen Preussischen Kadettenchore in Berlin, Werkstäte der heutigen Künste, oder, Die neue Kunsthistorie : mit Kupfern und Vignetten
A German encyclopedic compendium of the mechanical and craft arts by Johann Samuel Halle, published in Berlin and Leipzig in 1761 for a cadet-school readership and general curious readers. Its pictures pair rococo cartouche vignettes, all cut in crisp black line, with copperplate tables of tools and printing equipment, offering a designer dense models of scrollwork and period mechanical drawing.
