Les Images Ov Tableavx De Platte Peintvre Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs Et Des Statves De Callistrate
This is a 1629 French translation by Blaise de Vigenère of the Greek art-description texts of the two Philostrati and Callistratus, printed in Germany and held by Heidelberg University Library. The pictures are a repeated printed ornamental headpiece: a central mask flanked by two winged or satyr-like figures holding garlands, set within scrolled brackets, cornucopias and foliage, rendered in dense black woodcut-style line. A designer might take from them a symmetrical cartouche structure, with scrolls and garland-bearing figures usable as a framing device for title panels or emblem borders.
