Anicii Manlii Severini Boëtii ... Consolationis philosophiæ libros quinque
A Latin edition of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, edited by Pierre Cally and printed in Paris in 1680 by Lambert Roulland, aimed at scholars and students. Its pictures are small engraved ornamental headpieces and tailpieces built from a shell motif, volutes, swags of flowers and a turned finial, a classical vocabulary a designer could adapt for borders or cartouches.
