Tableaux du temple des muses : tirez du cabinet de feu mr. Favereau...gravez en tailles-douces par les meilleurs maistres de son temps, pour representer les vertus & les vices, sur les plus illustres fables de l'antiquité
A 1676 French book printed in Amsterdam by A. Wolfgank, written by Michel de Marolles, offering engraved plates of classical fables meant to show virtues and vices for educated readers. The pictures shown are decorative woodcut initials and floral headpieces, useful to a designer looking for historical ornament: foliate capitals with scrolling acanthus, and symmetrical bouquets of roses, carnations and fruit.
