La castrametation
La castrametation is a 1618 Leyden military treatise by Simon Stevin, printed by the Elzevier press and aimed at officers planning army camps. The pictures are decorative headpieces and tailpieces of scrolling foliage, interlaced serpentine creatures and armed figures in symmetrical strapwork, all in fine woodcut line, offering a designer models for symmetrical border bands and heraldic-style ornament.
