Inside Out Library · Explore

D. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi, De Civitate Dei libri XXII veterum exemplarium collatione nunc demum castigagissimi facti

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540 · 1596 · [Genevae] Excudebat Iacobus Stoer · 21 pictures

A 1596 Geneva edition of Augustine's De Civitate Dei, edited by Juan Luis Vives and printed by Jacobus Stoer for scholars and churchmen. The pictures are running headpiece and tailpiece ornaments of scrolling foliage, urns and grotesque motifs in woodcut style, which a designer could use for decorative borders and dividers.

Internet Archive · Duke University Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0 · More from this library