Les mémoires de Philippe de Commines chevalier seigneur d'Argenton. Sur les principaux faicts et gestes de Loys XI et Charles VIII son fils, roys de France
A 1616 Paris edition of Philippe de Commines' memoirs on the reigns of Louis XI and Charles VIII, printed by Jean du Carroy and held in John Adams's library. The pictures are repeated woodcut tailpiece bands: a central lyre-like vase flanked by winged putti, leafy scrolls and paired grotesque beasts, with a page number above one of them. A designer could take a symmetrical, reusable ornamental frieze for borders, dividers and classical-revival motifs.
