Montfaucon published 15 volumes of "L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures" between 1719 and 1724. An English translation of this work was published in 1721–25 under the title "Antiquity Explained and Represented in Diagrams". The work contained copperplate folio engravings of classical antiquities. It included a depiction of the "Barberini Vase", more commonly known as the "Portland Vase". This book is published in English under the title "Antiquities". The materials used in this work were taken from the manuscripts deposited in French libraries. It contains many illustrative facsimiles, though they are engraved in a rather coarse way.