PLATES
A vignette from “Essai géographique sur les
isles britanniques, etc.,” by Bellin, 1757.
Nearly the actual size.
Tail-piece from “Contes et nouvelles en
vers,” by La Fontaine, 1762.
Head-piece from “Les métamorphoses
d’Ovide,” 1767-1771.
Head-piece from “Les métamorphoses
d’Ovide,” 1767-1771.
A drawing by Choffard for the tail-piece in
“Les métamorphoses d’Ovide,” 1767-1771
edition. Reduced.
Eau-forte of the tail-piece, just mentioned,
in “Les métamorphoses d’Ovide,” 1767-1771
edition. Reduced.
Finished plate of the foregoing tail-piece.
Reduced.
Frontispiece of a subsequent edition of “Les
métamorphoses d’Ovide.” It is a combination
of the decorated half-title and a fleuron
in the 1767-1771 edition of the
same book. Reduced.
Vignette above the dedication to Queen Marie
Leczinska in “Nouvel abrégé chronologique
de l’histoire de France, etc.,” by Président
Hénault, 1768. The portrait is engraved
by Gaucher after Nattier and the
setting is by Choffard.
Head-piece from “Les saisons,” by Saint-Lambert,
1769.
Head-piece from “Les saisons,” by Saint-Lambert,
1775.
Head-piece from “Le jugement de Paris,”
by Imbert, 1772.
Fleuron on the title-page of volume vii of
“Collection complète des œuvres de
J.-J. Rousseau,” 1774-1783.
The same illustration as the preceding one,
only draped. This plate was never published
and is cited nowhere.
Decorative title-page of “Catalogue du
cabinet de Mr. Neyman,” by Basan,
1776. Slightly reduced.
Fleuron on the title-page of volume 1 of
“Histoire de la maison de Bourbon,”
by Désormeaux, 1779-1788.
Tail-piece from “Histoire de la maison
de Bourbon,” by Désormeaux, 1779-1788.
Slightly reduced.
Head-piece from “Préjugés militaires,”
by the Prince de Ligne, 1780.
Dedication vignette in “Chansons nouvelles,”
by de Piis, 1785.
Head-piece in volume ii of “Dictionnaire
des graveurs, etc.,” by Basan, 1789.
Fleuron on the title-page of “Histoire de la
mesure du temps par les horloges,” by
Ferdinand Berthoud, 1802.
Transcriber’s notes
1. Silently corrected typographical errors and inconsistencies; retained non-standard spelling.
2. Added one line in the TOC to include the Index
3. The descriptions of the illustrations have been moved under each illustration.