Les Restes De L'Ancienne Rome
Les Restes De L'Ancienne Rome is a 1763 archaeological survey of ancient Roman ruins, compiled by Bonaventura van Overbeke and edited by Michel van Overbeke, held by Heidelberg University Library. The engraved plates show arched ruins, broken walls and overgrown vaults drawn in dense hatched line, some printed sideways on the page, which suggests a designer could borrow their stone-and-foliage textures and crumbling architectural silhouettes.
