Traité de la peinture, et de la sculpture: divisé en trois tomes
Traité de la peinture, et de la sculpture is a 1728 French treatise on painting and sculpture by Jonathan Richardson, printed for readers of art theory and connoisseurship. Its two pictures are small woodcut ornaments, a symmetrical scrolled knot-work panel and a garland of flowers and ribbon bows, printed in dense black line on warm paper. A designer could draw on their balanced, hand-cut ornamental rhythm for borders, dividers, and vignette headers.
