Sylvia sylvarvm; or, A naturall historie
Sylvia sylvarvm, or A Naturall Historie is a 1631 London natural history printed by J. H. for W. Lee, credited to Francis Bacon and held by the Smithsonian Libraries. The pictures are repeated woodcut-style decorative bands of crowned heraldic emblems (a rose, a thistle, a fleur-de-lis, and a harp) alternating with interlaced strapwork panels and a scrolled border, a compact vocabulary a designer could adapt for heraldic or antique ornament.
