¿uvres completes d'Antoine-Raphael Mengs ... : contenant differens traites sur la theorie de la peinture, traduit de l'Italien
A 1786 Paris edition of Anton Raphael Mengs's collected works on the theory of painting, translated from Italian by the Marquis de Azara and published at the Hotel de Thou for readers of art theory. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a symmetrical cartouche with scrolls and foliage, repeated in two near-identical versions, and two sprigs of flowers and leaves that suit border, headpiece, and tailpiece work.
