Annalen der Physik
Annalen der Physik is a German physics journal published in Leipzig by J.A. Barth in 1790, catalogued here through the United States Patent Office Scientific Library and the Smithsonian Libraries. The single plate is a decorative bookplate-style vignette, not a diagram. It shows a seated robed figure on an ornate throne beside a standing bearded man leaning on a staff, with a small child and cherubs at the base, framed by a circular medallion and a Greek-key border. A designer could take its engraved ornament, classical framing and allegorical arrangement as a model for emblematic headers.
