Testament, ov conseils fideles d'vn bon pere à ses enfans
A 1661 French devotional and moral treatise, Testament, ou conseils fideles d'vn bon pere à ses enfans, written by Pierre Fortin, seigneur de La Hoguette, and printed in Paris by Pierre Le Petit for readers seeking guidance on conduct and Christian life. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut ornaments: a symmetrical bouquet of flowers, buds and feathery fronds arranged in a V-shape, which a designer could adapt as a tailpiece or border motif.




