Disputatio medica inauguralis de peste ...
A Latin medical dissertation on plague by Johannes Bidloo, printed at Leiden in 1666 by the Hack press for a university graduate audience. Its two pictures are small woodcut tailpieces and ornaments: a winged bird holding a banner reading MOVENDO above a walled town, and a symmetrical cartouche of scrolls, fruit, and mask-like faces. A designer could draw on their compact emblematic motifs, banners, and scrolled frames for period-style ornament.
