Dictionnaire abrégé de la fable: pour l'intelligence des poëtes, des tableaux & des statues, dont les sujets sont tirés de l'histoire poétique
A French abridged dictionary of classical mythology by Pierre Chompré, published in 1798 and aimed at readers who need the fables to understand poems, paintings and statues. The two pictures here are not plates from the text but library marks: a crowned heraldic shield inside a circular Heidelberg library stamp, and a small winged bird with curling acanthus-like foliage used as a decorative ornament. A designer could take from them the look of an early nineteenth-century library seal and a simple engraved vignette with flowing scrollwork.
