Nouveaux Tableaux D'Ornements et Rocailles Par J. de la Joüe Peintre du Roy.

In some copies the plate here numbered '7' is numbered '2' (so described in M. Roland Michel).

The plates show:

1. (t.pl.) a fountain, with figures of the three Graces, framed by fountains and trellis-work (the only symmetrical composition in this series);

2. a curved wall with fountains (left), a fountain with putti supporting a globe (right);

3. a fountain (left), pears heaped in a dish (centre), a buffet (right);

4. a salamander perched before an incense-burner (left), fountain and trellis (right);

5. a fountain, with vase and steps (left), a heap of pears &c. (right);

6. a vase upon a socle, with fruit and a small fountain;

7. a mermaid with trident before a trellis (left), smoking vessels, with garden steps (right);

8. vases on a socle, with trellis;

9. fountains and scroll-work (left), leafage and scrollwork (right).

All the plates are in a rococo, asymmetric style - accentuated by the vertical central division of several of the plates.

This book was followed by a Second Livre De Tableaux Et Rocailles par J. De La Joue Peintre du Roy (n.d.), which contains a further nine plates, numbered 10-18.