Woodcarving Literature – Free Resources

– This list was created by Sergio Lunansky

A.P. Lombard & Co – Moldings catalog (1915) https://archive.org/details/catalogue00aplo

Adams, Georges Louis – Recueil de sculptures gothiques Vol I (1866) – https://archive.org/details/recueildesculptu01adam

Adams, Georges Louis – Recueil de sculptures gothiques Vol II (1866) – https://archive.org/details/recueildesculptu02adam

Albertolli, Giocondo – Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti (1787) – https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008516045

Albertolli, Giocondo – Corso elementare di ornamenti architettonici (1805) – https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013854506

Albertolli, Giocondo – Miscellanea per i giovani studiosi del disegno (1796) – https://archive.org/details/gri_33125009355229

Amery, P.F.S – Oak carving at Ashburton in Tudor days (190?)https://archive.org/details/oakcarvingatashb00ameruoft

Antonioni, Carlo – Manuale di varj ornamenti tratti dalle fabbriche, e frammenti antichi(1781) – http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/books/Antonini1781Vol1

Antonioni, Carlo – Manuale di varj ornamenti tratti dalle fabbriche, e frammenti antichi(1781)http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/books/Antonini1781Vol2

Balfour, Henry – The evolution of decorative art (1893)https://archive.org/download/evolutionofdecor00balfuoft/evolutionofdecor00balfuoft.pdf

Barbet, Jean – Livre d’architecture d’autels, et de cheminees(1633)http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/3071-livre-d-architecture-d-autels-et-de-ch/

Beauvallet, Cécile – Fragments d'architecture, sculpture et peinture, dans le style antique (1807)http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/16369-fragments-d-architecture-sculpture-et-peinture-d/

Berain, Jean – Ornemens peints dans les appartemens des Tuilleries dessinez et gravez par Berain; Paris, N. Langlois (vers 1690) (1888)https://archive.org/details/ornemenspeintsda00brai

Birago, Giovan Pietro – Panneaux grotesques (1505)http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/14707-panneaux-grotesques/

Blakeslee, Arthur – Ornamental details of the Italian renaissance (1920)https://archive.org/details/cu31924015396397

Boito, Camillo – I principii del disegno e gli stili dell'ornamento (1897)https://archive.org/details/iprincipiideldis00boit

Boito, Camillo – Ornamenti dei tutti sgli (1882)https://www.flickr.com/photos/art-works/4977580037/

Blondel, François – Cours d'architecture(1750) V1 http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/103729

Blondel, François – Cours d'architecture(1750) V2 http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/104251

Blondel, François – Cours d'architecture(1750) V3http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/104799

Blondel, François – Cours d'architecture(1750) V4http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/105374

Blondel, François – Cours d'architecture(1750) V5http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/105932

Blondel, François – Cours d'architecture(1750) V6http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/105932

Blondel, François – Planches pour le cours d'architecture (tomes I-III)http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/107032

Blondel, François – Planches pour le cours d'architecture (tomes IV-VI) http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/107165

Blondel, Francois – De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, et de la décoration des édifices en géneral (1738)http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8624593q

Bond, F – An introduction to English church architecture  from the eleventh to the sixteenth century. Volume 1 (1913)https://archive.org/details/introductiontoe01bond

Bond, F – An introduction to English church architecture  from the eleventh to the sixteenth century. Volume 2 (1913)https://archive.org/details/introductiontoen02bonduoft

Bond, Francis – Wood carvings in English churches (1918)https://archive.org/details/woodcarvingsinen00bondiala

Books on Architecture – Decoration and Furniture in the Library of the Peabody Institute (1920)https://archive.org/stream/booksonarchitec00librgoog

Bos, Cornelis – Panneaux de grotesques – ornements divers (s.XVI)http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/14295-panneaux-de-grotesques/

Briggs, M – Baroque architecture (1913)https://archive.org/details/baroquearchitec00briggoog

Burn, Robert Scott – Ornamental drawing, and architectural design(1857)https://archive.org/details/ornamentaldrawin00burn

Burn, Robert Scott – The illustrated architectural, engineering, & mechanical drawing-book(1882)https://archive.org/details/RobertScottBurn

Burn, Robert Scott – The illustrated London drawing book (1853)https://archive.org/details/illustratedlondo00burn_0

Byrne, J. – Renaissance Ornament Prints and Drawings (1981)http://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/renaissance_ornament_prints_and_drawings

Caillouet, André Louis – Principes d'ornements (1775)http://www.purl.org/yoolib/inha/15311

Caillouet, André Louis – Recueil d'ornements  (177?)http://www.purl.org/yoolib/inha/14762

Caproni, P.P. – Catalogue of plaster cast reproductions from antique, mediaeval and modern sculpture – (1894)https://archive.org/details/catalogueofplas1894ppca

Champeaux, Alfred de – L'art decoratif dans le vieux Paris (1898) – https://archive.org/details/lartdecoratifdan00cham

Charmeton, Georges – Ornements, cintres et panneaux (1676)http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/14293-ornements-cintres-et-panneaux/

Chenavard, Aimé – Album de l'ornemaniste – recueil d'ornements (1845)http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb302325277

Chippendale, Thomas – The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (1754)https://archive.org/stream/gentlemancabine00Chip

Chitham, Robert – The classical orders of architecture (2005)https://archive.org/details/The_Classical_Orders_of_Architecture_2nd_ed_R._Chitham_Arch._Press_2005_BBS

Cipriani, Giovanni Battista – Scelta Di Ornati Antichi E Moderni (1801)https://archive.org/details/sceltadiornatian00cipr

Clouzot, H. – L'Ameublement Français Sous Louis XV (1913)https://archive.org/details/lameublementfran00clouuoft

Cole, H. – An introduction to the Period styles of England and Francehttps://archive.org/details/introductiontope00coleuoft

Cole, H. – Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration (1922)https://archive.org/details/heraldryfloralfo00colerich

Colling, JK – Examples of English medieval foliage (1874) – https://archive.org/details/examplesofenglis00coll_0

Colling, JK – Gothic ornaments Vol I (1850)https://archive.org/details/gothicornamentsb01colluoft

Colling, JK – Gothic ornaments Vol II (1850)https://archive.org/details/gothicornamentsb02colluoft

Coulon, A. G – Menuiserie descriptive (1835)https://archive.org/details/menuiseriedescri00coul

Cousins, Frank – The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work (1916) – https://archive.org/details/cu31924015661444

Crane, Walter – Line & Form (1914)http://www.archive.org/details/lineform00cranuoft

d' Aviler, Augustin-Charles – Cours D'Architecture (1750)https://download.digitale-sammlungen.de/pdf/1476027599bsb10048193.pdf

d' Aviler, Augustin-Charles – Cours D'Architecture (1760)http://www.e-rara.ch/download/pdf/12845847?name=Cours%20d'architecture

Daly, César Dénis – Motifs historiques d'architecture et de sculpture d'ornament Vol 1https://archive.org/details/motifshistorique01daly

Daly, César Dénis – Motifs historiques d'architecture et de sculpture d'ornament Vol 2https://archive.org/details/motifshistorique02daly

Day, LF – De kunst in het daaglijksch leven  (1886)https://archive.org/details/dekunstinhetdaag00dayl

Day, LF – Nature in Ornament (1892)https://archive.org/details/natureinornament00dayl

Day, LF – Ornamental Design, embracing The Anatomy of pattern : The planning of ornament; The application of ornament (1888)https://archive.org/download/ornamentaldesign00yyybuoft/ornamentaldesign00yyybuoft.pdf

Day, LF – Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work (1904)https://archive.org/details/ornamentitsappli00dayl_0

Day, LF – The Anatomy of pattern (1894)https://archive.org/download/anatomyofpattern00dayl/anatomyofpattern00dayl.pdf

Day, LF – The planning of ornament (1890)https://archive.org/details/gri_33125014097261

de Vignole, J.B – Le Vignole moderne ou traité élémentaire d'architecture (1773)http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b86246027

Delamotte, F. – Book of Ornamental Alfabets (1914)https://archive.org/details/bookofornamental00delarich

Desgodets, Antoine Babuty – Les édifices antiques de Rome (1682)https://library.nd.edu/architecture/Desgodetz-1682-2500px.zip

Desgodets, Antoine Babuty – Rome in its ancient grandeur (1828) – https://archive.org/details/romeinitsancient00desguoft

Desgodets, Antoine Babuty (Moreau, Jean Charles Alexandre) – Fragmens et ornemens d'architecture: dessinés à Rome d'après l'antique(1820)http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglitData/tmp/pdf/moreau1728__z4.pdf

DirckPietersz.Pers – CesareRipa'sIconologiaofUytbeeldinghen desVerstants – 1644 – http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/pers001cesa01_01/pers001cesa01_01.pdf

Dolmetch, H. – Historic Styles of Ornament (1898)https://archive.org/details/HistoricStylesOfOrnament

Dolmetsch, H. – Ornamentenschatz (1887)https://archive.org/details/derornamentensch00dolm

Droth, Marina – Taking Shape Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts (2011)https://books.google.be/books?id=oQ22iXzNMJoC&lpg=PP1&hl=nl&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Dumonthier, E. – Chairs by the Jacob Brothers (1921)https://archive.org/download/chairsbyjacobbro00dumorich/chairsbyjacobbro00dumorich.pdf

Durand, Guillaume – The Symbolism of churches and church ornaments – a translation of the first book of the Rationale divinorum officiorum written by William Durandus … (1893)https://archive.org/details/symbolismofchurc01dura

Dyer, W.A. – Survey of the decorative periods in England from 1600 to 1800 (1917)https://archive.org/details/creatorsofdecora1917dyer

Eberlein, McClure and Holloway – The Practical Book of Interior Decoration (1919)https://archive.org/stream/practicalbookofi00eberiala#page/n5/mode/2up

Félice, Roger de – French furniture in the middle ages and under Louis XIII (1923)https://archive.org/details/frenchfurniturei01ficeuoft

Félice, Roger de – French furniture under Louis XIV (1922)https://archive.org/details/frenchfurnitureu00fluoft

Félice, Roger de – French furniture under Louis XV (1920)https://archive.org/details/frenchfurnitureu00ficeuoft

Félice, Roger de – French furniture under Louis XVI and the empire (1921)https://archive.org/details/frenchfurnitureu00flrich

Francine, Alexandre – Livre d'architecture contenant plusieurs portiques de différentes inventions sur les cinq ordres de colomnes (1640)http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/11534-livre-d-architecture-contenant-plusieurs-portiques/

Gabriels, J – Artus Quellien, de Oude, kunstryck belthouwer (1930)https://archive.org/details/artusquelliendeo00gabruoft

George A. Rogers – The Art of Wood Carving – Practical Hints to Amateurs and a Short History of the Art (1867)https://archive.org/details/artofwoodcarving00rogeiala

Gibbs, John – Designs for Gothic ornaments & furniture, after the ancient manner (1854) – https://archive.org/details/designsforgothic00gibb

Giocondo Albertolli, der Ornamentiker des italienischen Klassizismus (1911)https://archive.org/details/giocondoalbertol00kauf

Glazier, R. – A Manual of historic Ornament (1914)https://archive.org/details/manualofhistoric00glazuoft

Gleason Wood Ornament Company – Natural wood ornaments (1883) – https://archive.org/details/naturalwoodornam00glea

Guerinet, A. – Bois sculptés – Musée des Arts Décoratifs (1908)http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64343735/f9.image.r=A

Guerinet, A.- La Sculpture décorative aÌ€ Venise (1907) – https://archive.org/details/lasculpturedecor00pari

Guerinet, A. – Meubles, Sièges, Bronzes, Dessins – Musée des Arts Décoratifs (1908)http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64293706.r=A.%20Guerinet%20%28Paris%29?rk=493564;4

Guerinet, A. – Mobilier, bois sculptés, intérieurs meublés (1908)http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6434405p/f12.image.r=A

Guilmard, Désiré – Les maitres ornemanistes 1 (1880)https://archive.org/details/lesmaitresornema01guiluoft

Guilmard, Désiré – Les maitres ornemanistes 2 (Planches)(1880)https://archive.org/details/lesmaitresornema02guiluoft

Halfpenny, Joseph – Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York (1795)https://archive.org/details/gothicornamentsi00half

Hamlin, ADF – A history of ornament Vol.1 – Ancient and Mediaevalhttps://archive.org/details/historyofornamen01hamluoft

Hamlin, ADF – A history of ornament Vol.2 – Renaissance and Modernhttps://archive.org/details/historyofornamen02haml

Hatfield, R. G. – The American House Carpenter. A treatise on the Art Of Building.(1880)https://archive.org/details/americanhousecar01hatf

Heckscher, Morrison H. – American Rococo, 1750-1775 – Elegance in Ornamenthttps://archive.org/details/AmericanRococo17501775EleganceinOrnament

Heideloff, Carl Alexander von – Raccolta de' migliori ornamenti del medio evo e profili di architettura Bizantina (1859) – https://archive.org/details/raccoltademiglio00heid

Helburn, W. – Ancient and modern ornaments – 120 plates from the best masters (1887)https://archive.org/details/cu31924020576355

Hodgson, FT – Practical Wood Carving (1905)http://library.wkfinetools.com/03_mLibrary/Hodgson/1905-PracticalWoodCarving/0_img-pdf/1905-PracticalWoodCarving.pdf

Hoffmann, Adolph – Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo (1800)https://archive.org/details/holzsculpturenun00hoff

Houtenschrijnwerk (2008)http://www.joostdevree.nl/bouwkunde2/jpgv/venster_4_houten_schrijnwerk_www_curbain_be_www_monument_irisnet_be.pdf

Hulmes, F.Edward – Plants, their natural growth and ornamental treatment (1874)https://archive.org/details/cu31924032183638

ICS – A textbook on ornamental design (1901)https://archive.org/details/textbookonorname01inteiala

Illustrated catalogue of period ornaments by The Decorators Supply Co. (192?)https://archive.org/details/illustratedcataldeco

International Textbook Company – History of architecture and ornament (1922)https://archive.org/details/historyofarchite00inteiala

J. Philips – Wood carving – being a carefully graduated educational course for schools and adult classes (1896)https://archive.org/details/cu31924031276151

Jacobson & Company – The general catalogue of Jacobson & co (1915) – https://archive.org/details/generalcatalogue00jaco

Jessen, Peter – Katalog der ornamentstich-sammlung des Kunstgewerbe-museums (1894)https://archive.org/details/katalogderorname00staa

Jessen, Peter – Master of ornaments, selections from four centuries (Band 1)(1900)https://archive.org/details/meisterdesorname01jess

Jessen, Peter – Master of ornaments, selections from four centuries (Band 2)(1900)https://archive.org/details/meisterdesorname02jess

Jessen, Peter – Master of ornaments, selections from four centuries (Band 4)(1900)https://archive.org/details/meisterdesorname04jessuoft

Jesús Manuel Vega Santos – Los pasos de Cristo y misterio de la Semana Santa de Sevilla elaborados en madera(2010)http://fondosdigitales.us.es/media/thesis/1476/W_Tesis_PROV6.pdf

Johnson, Henry Lewis – Historic design in printing (1923)https://archive.org/details/historicdesignin00john

Jombert, Charles-Antoine – Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre à dessiner sans mâitre (1740)http://www.e-rara.ch/download/pdf/228591?name=Nouvelle%20m%C3%A9thode%20pour%20apprendre%20%C3%A0%20dessiner%20sans%20m%C3%A2itre

Jones, Owen – The Grammar of Ornament (1910)https://archive.org/details/grammarofornamen00joneuoft

Juvarra, Filippo – Raccolta di varie targhe di Roma fatte da professori primarj, disegnate, ed intagliate (1711) –   https://archive.org/details/raccoltadivariet00juva

Knight, Frederick – Unique fancy ornaments (1834)https://archive.org/details/uniquefancyornam00kniguoft

Kunst en samenleving. Naar Walter Crane's Claims of decorative art, in het nederlandsch bewerkt door Jan Veth(1903)https://archive.org/details/kunstensamenlevi00cran

La Feuille, Daniel – Devises et emblemes anciennes & modernes, tirees de plus celebres auteurs (1699)https://archive.org/details/devisesetembleme00lafeu

La Feuille, Daniel – Devises et emblemes anciennes & modernes, tirees de plus celebres auteurs (1712)https://archive.org/details/devisesetembleme00lafe

Langley, Batty – Gothic Architecture (1742)https://archive.org/details/gothicarchitectu00lang

Langley, Batty – New principles of gardening (1728)https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000819141

Langley, Batty – The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture (1741)https://archive.org/details/citycountrybuild00lang

Langley, Batty – The builder's complete assistant V2 (1790)https://archive.org/details/gri_33125011213648

Langley, Batty – The builder’s magazine V2 (1800) – https://archive.org/details/buildersmagazine02cart

Langley, Batty – The builder's jewel (1768)https://archive.org/details/buildersjewelory00lang

Le Bas, Hippolyte – Oeuvres completes de Jacques Barozzi de Vignole(1815)https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008631745

Le Muet, Pierre – Maniere de bien bastir pour toutes sortes de personnes (1681)http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k856412

Leighton, J. – Suggestions in design (1880)  – https://archive.org/details/suggestionsindes00leig

Leland, CG. – A manual of wood carving (1909)https://archive.org/details/manualofwoodcar00lela

Lenoir, Alexandre; Lavallée-Poussin, Etienne de [Ill.] – Nouvelle collection d'arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens Paris , Straßburg, (1810)http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/digi-downloadPdf.fcgi?projectname=lenoir1810&zoom=4

Léveil, Jean Arnoud – Traité élémentaire pratique d'architecture. d'après Jacques Barozzio de Vignole(1865)https://archive.org/details/traitlment00vignuoft

Libonis, L – Styles français – trois cent soixante-huit dessins, accompagnés de notices (1899)https://archive.org/details/stylesfranaist00libouoft

Lienard – Spécimens de la décoration et de l'ornementation au XIXe siècle (1872)- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85565468/f1.planchecontact.r=Li%C3%A9nard,+Michel.langFR
https://archive.org/download/CAI1077440001Images/CAI_107744_0001_Images.pdf

Livre no. 0340. (1776-1794 ca.) DHG – http://www.archive.org/details/livreno034000dhg

Lostalot, Alfred de – Les arts du bois (sculpture sur bois, meubles)(1893) – http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6365936v

L'uvre de De Cuvilliès – époque Louis XV – nouveau livre de plafonds (1900) –  https://archive.org/details/luvrededecuvilli00cuvi

Magazzari, Giovanni – Raccolta de' più scelti ornati sparsi per la città di Bologna (1827) – https://archive.org/details/raccoltadepiusce00maga

Marot, Daniel – Nouveaux livre d'ornaments, pour l'utillitée des sculpteurs et ofeures, inventé et gravéz á La Haye (1700) – https://archive.org/details/nouveauxlivredor00maro

Melburn, W. – Ancient and Modern Ornaments (1887) – https://ia802606.us.archive.org/13/items/cu31924020576355/cu31924020576355.pdf

Meurer, Moritz – Die Ursprungsformen des griechischen Akanthusornamentes und ihre naturlichen Vorbilder (1896) – https://archive.org/details/dieursprungsform00meur

Meyer, FS. – A handbook of ornaments (1957) – https://archive.org/details/nameoforhandbook00meyerich

Michael Waters – Variety Archeology and Ornament – Renaissance Prints (2011) – https://www.scribd.com/document/249022463/exhibition-catalogue-VAO-full-pdf

Middleton, G. A. T – The evolution of architectural ornament (1913) – https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433066298682;view=1up;seq=16

Millar, William – Plastering, plain and decorative. A practical treatise on the art & craft of plastering and modelling (1899) – https://archive.org/details/plasteringplaind00mill_0

Montano Milanese, G – Architettvra con diversi ornamenti cavati dall'antico (1638) – https://archive.org/details/architettvracond00mont

Moisy, Alexandre – Modèles de plafonds, corniches, profils, fragments et détails d'ornements (1792) – https://archive.org/details/gri_33125011152440

Mulliner, Herbert Hall – The decorative arts in England, 1660-1780 (1924) – https://archive.org/details/decorativeartsin00mull

Myers, Mary L. French Architectural and Ornament Drawings of the Eighteenth Century (1991) – https://archive.org/details/FrenchArchitecturalandOrnamentDrawingsoftheEighteenthCentury

Myers,Mary L. – Architectural and ornament drawings – Juvarra, Vanvitelli, the Bibiena family, & other Italian draughtsmen (1975) – http://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Architectural_and_Ornament_Drawings_Juvarra_Vanvitelli_the_Bibiena_Family_and_Other_Italian_Draug?Tag=&title=&author=&pt=&tc=&dept=&fmt=#

Newbery, Timothy – Frames (2007) – http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/124695

Newcomb, Rexford – The volute in architecture and architectural decoration (1921) – https://archive.org/details/voluteinarchitec00newcrich

Nexus Network Journal – Canons of Form-Making In Honour of Andrea Palladio 1508–2008 – http%3A%2F%2Fapi.vlb.de%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fasset%2Fmmo%2Ffile%2Ff7e0f5f1-f366-4a26-b8c4-d0f0dbf9d794%3Faccess_token%3De047cd7a-ea60-44d5-adc2-59fdaa680c67&usg=AFQjCNFJmrmZAnvGGgPwcs0UA5PNe8NjNQ&sig2=U9jJHITFNujecXRgGllPlg

Nicholson, Peter – The student's instructor in drawing the five orders of architecture(1837) – https://archive.org/details/studentsinstruct00nich

Nicoletto de Modéne – Maitre ao Dé Augustin – Panneaux d'ornements (1550) –  http://87.98.137.113/inha/files/16001-17000/16077/media/17211/1068_doucet_4est396.pdf

Oppenort, GM – Livre de fragments d'architectures, recüeilis et dessinés à Rome 1720 – https://archive.org/details/livredefragments00oppe

Ornament – Semantics and Tectonics for Contemporary Urban Architecture, Farrell, Gavin R (2005)- https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ucin1115929765&disposition=attachment

P.P. Caproni & Brother – Catalogue of plaster reproductions from antique, medieval and modern sculpture(1911) – https://archive.org/details/catalogueo00ppca

Page, J. – Guide for drawing the acanthus, and every description of ornamental foliage (1886) – https://archive.org/details/guidefordrawinga00pagerich

Paley, FA – A manual of gothic moldings – with directions for copying them and for determining their dates (1902) – https://archive.org/details/cu31924015673217

Parker, John Henry – A series of manuals of Gothic ornament (1900) – https://archive.org/details/seriesofmanualso00park

Philips, J. – Wood carving – being a carefully graduated educational course for schools and adult classes (1896) –  https://archive.org/details/cu31924031276151

Pillement, Jean – Oeuvre gravé Volume 1 (1767) –  http://87.98.137.113/inha/files/8001-9000/8405/media/15019/1068_doucet_fres237_01.pdf

Pillement, Jean – Oeuvre gravé Volume 2 (1767) – http://87.98.137.113/inha/files/8001-9000/8405/media/15019/1068_doucet_fres237_02.pdf

Pillement, Jean – Oeuvre gravé Volume 3 (1767) – http://87.98.137.113/inha/files/8001-9000/8406/media/15018/1068_doucet_fres237_03.pdf

Pillement, Jean – Oeuvre gravé Volume 4 (1767)  http://87.98.137.113/inha/files/8001-9000/8407/media/15017/1068_doucet_fres237_04.pdf

Pillement, Jean – Oeuvre gravé Volume 5 (1767)  http://87.98.137.113/inha/files/8001-9000/8408/media/15016/1068_doucet_fres237_05.pdf

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