Conversations morales ...
A 1686 Paris printed moral conversations by Madeleine de Scudéry, published by T. Guillain, with decorative woodcut headpieces and tailpieces of the period. The pictures are ornamental: a scrolled strapwork border with foliage and volutes, a symmetrical arabesque panel, and a stylised flower arrangement in a footed urn, useful for historical borders, dividers and classical floral motifs.
