An anatomical account of the elephant accidentally burnt in Dublin, on Fryday, June 17, in the year
A 1682 London pamphlet by Allen Mullen and William Petty with Robert Boyle, published by Sam. Smith, giving an anatomical account of an elephant that burned in Dublin in 1681; the two pictures are decorative woodcut strips of interlaced foliage, with acanthus-like scrolls, tulips and rosettes, and a designer might borrow their running-border structure for ornamental edging or historical pattern work.
