Œuvres Complètes D'Antoine-Raphaël Mengs: Premier Peintre Du Roi D'Espagne, &c. Contenant différens Traités sur la théorie de la Peinture. Traduit de l'Italien
A French translation of the collected writings of the painter Anton Raphael Mengs, printed in Paris in 1786 by the Hôtel de Thou press and edited by José Nicolás de Azara for readers of art theory. The pictures are small printed ornaments: a rectangular frame of acanthus scrolls around a bouquet of roses and ribbon, and a symmetrical central cartouche of leaves, scrolls and pendant drops. A designer could take from them a model for symmetrical panel borders, bouquet-and-ribbon garlands and classical scroll ornament.
