L' Antiquité Expliquée Et Représentée En Figures: Les Dieux des Grecs & des Romains: Les Heros parvenus à la Divinité
Bernard de Montfaucon's 1719 French antiquarian volume L'Antiquité Expliquée, issued for scholars and collectors, catalogues gods and heroes of Greece and Rome through engraved plates. The pages show engraved reproductions of classical gems, cameos, reliefs and statues, each in its own roundel or framed panel with small lettered labels. A designer could draw on their clean outline hatching, oval medallion framing and orderly plate layouts for classical ornament.
