La Mythologie Et Les Fables Expliquées Par L'Histoire
Antoine Banier's La Mythologie et les fables expliquées par l'histoire, printed in France in 1740, is a mythology reference for educated readers, here kept at Heidelberg University Library. The four pictures are small woodcut ornaments: symmetrical scrolling acanthus cartouches with a central urn or flower vase, and a winged figure reclining among foliage in a bordered strip, suggesting ready-made decorative frames, dividers and classical motifs for period-style layouts.
