Superstitions anciennes et modernes, préjugés vulgaires qui ont induit les peuples à des usages & à des pratiques contraires à la religion
A 1733 French treatise on ancient and modern superstitions by Pierre Le Brun, published in Paris by Jean Frédéric Bernard, aimed at general readers curious about popular beliefs and their conflict with religion. The four pictures are near-identical headpiece ornaments: a central urn overflowing with flowers, flanked by scrolling acanthus leaves, a medallion at the top and tassels below, cut in crisp black-on-cream line work that a designer could adapt for botanical or classical decorative motifs.
