Sibylliakoi Chrēsmoi ... = : Sibyllina oracula ex veteribus codicibus emendata, ac restituta et commentariis diversorum illustrata
A 1689 Greek and Latin edition of the Sibylline Oracles, edited by Johannes Opsopaeus and others and published in Amsterdam by the Boom firm for a scholarly readership. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments, mostly symmetrical cartouches and tailpieces with a central face or cherub, scrolls, swags, tassels and foliage, showing how baroque printers framed text with reusable decorative blocks.








