Antonii van Dale poliatri Harlemensis De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes duae, quarum nunc prior agit de eorum origine atque auctoribus; secunda de ipsorum duratione et interitu
A 1700 Latin scholarly treatise on ancient pagan oracles by Antonius van Dale, printed in Amsterdam by the Boom firm for a learned readership of classical and theological scholars. Its two pictures are small woodcut and engraved tailpieces: a floral bouquet with tied stems, and an oval emblem with a standing figure beneath a tree, a radiant halo, and a shield with initials between scrolled foliage and Latin motto ribbons, useful to a designer for compact ornamental headpieces and emblematic borders.
