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




















