Abregé de la vie des peintres : avec des reflexions sur leurs ouvrages, et un traité du peintre parfait : de la connoissance des desseins : de l'utilité des estampes
Roger de Piles's compendium of painters' lives and essays on drawings and prints, printed in Paris by Jacques Estienne in 1715 for collectors and connoisseurs, with plates engraved by Charles Simonneau after Antoine Coypel. The pages carry small letterpress woodcut headpieces and tailpieces: symmetrical scrollwork with acanthus plumes, urns and flower baskets, strapwork brackets, and a banded frieze enclosing a tiny landscape roundel with bridge and buildings, usable as rules, dividers and spot ornaments.
