Friderici Esaiae a Pufendorf religio gentium arcana
A Latin treatise on religion by Friedrich Esaias von Pufendorf, printed in 1773 and published at the expense of the Foerster heirs, held in the C.G. Jung library. The four pictures are decorative woodcut headpieces and tailpieces of the eighteenth-century German book trade, showing cartouches, scrollwork and emblematic motifs. A designer could draw on their dense, hand-cut line work and symmetrical ornamental frames for historical borders and vignettes.
