Poesies pastorales ; avec Un traité sur la nature de l'eglogue ; Une digression sur les anciens, et les modernes ; et Un recueil de poesies diverses
Poesies pastorales is a 1728 French collection of pastoral poems, essays and miscellaneous verse by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, printed at The Hague by Gosse and Neaulme for literate readers of French poetry. Its pictures are small printers' ornaments: thistle and acanthus-style foliage friezes, repeated cartouche bands, and a footed bowl of leaves, all cut as crisp black woodblock borders that suggest editorial decoration for classical or pastoral themes.
