L'art du peintre, doreur, vernisseur; ouvrage utile aux artistes & aux amateurs qui veulent entreprendre de peindre, dorer & vernir toutes sortes de sujets, en bâtimens, meubles, bijoux, équipages, &c
A French trade manual by Jean-Félix Watin, first issued in the 1770s and reprinted in Paris by F. J. Desoer in 1787, instructing painters, gilders and varnishers working on buildings, furniture, jewellery and carriages. Its woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and rules show eagles with ribboned trophies, draped funerary urns, globes and books on scrolled brackets, and flowering foliage bands usable as small decorative fillers.
