Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by François-Thomas Mondon and print maker: Antoine Aveline and published by Antoine Aveline and François-Thomas Mondon. It is dated 1736 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.) Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Se Vend a Paris chez Mondon le Fils ruë St Eloy a l’hôtel Pepin/ Et Chez A. Aveline ruë Saint Jacques à la Reine de France.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: D; numbered upper right: 1; lettered in center: QUATRIEME / LIVRE DE FORMES/ Ornées / de Rocailles Cartels Figures/ Oyseaux et Dragons Chinois / Inventé par Mondon le Fils. / et Gravé par Antoine Aveline / Avec Privilege du Roy / 1736; inscribed in graphite lower right below plate: 1

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