Wunderliche Begebenheiten Des Abdalla, Eines Sohns des Hanif: Welcher Von dem Indianischen Sultan geschickt worden, die verborgene Jnsul Borico zu entdecken ; Auf welcher die miraculose Fontaine zu finden, Dessen Wasser wieder jung zu machen pfleget. Nebst der Ruschen einer Persianischen Dame Reise Beschreibung in obbesagte Jnsul.Aus dem Französischen in das Teutsche übersetzet
This is a German translation of a French fantastical travel tale, published in 1715 and attributed to Jean Paul Bignon, with its pictures drawn from the Heidelberg University Library copy. The pictures are small black woodcut-style ornaments: a heraldic-looking face within scrollwork, a knotted bow with tassels, a decorative headpiece above German black-letter preface text, and a large decorated initial letter with swirling strokes. A designer might take from them the dense, textured ornament of early eighteenth-century German print, useful for vignettes, initials and borders.
