Disputationem inauguralem de lue venerea
A Latin dissertation on syphilis by Johann Georg Rebentrost, printed at Wittenberg in 1683 by Matthaeus Henckel for academic readers. Its single picture is a decorative headpiece of a central oval cartouche flanked by scrolling acanthus-like foliage and curled volutes in black ink. A designer could take from it a symmetrical ornamental device suited to framing a title or dividing sections.
