Description De L'Egypte: Contenant Plusieurs Remarques Curieuses Sur La Géographie Ancienne Et Moderne De Ce Païs, Sur ses Monumens anciens, sur les Moeurs, les Coutumes, & la Religion des Habitans ...
Description de l'Egypte is a 1735 French book on the geography, antiquities, customs and religion of Egypt, compiled by Benoît de Maillet and edited by Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier for an educated readership. Its pictures are small symmetrical ornamental cartouches and headpieces built from acanthus scrolls, flower baskets, swags and urns, offering a designer ready models for framing devices, dividers and decorative panels in early eighteenth-century style.
