La gvide des beavx esprits
A 1669 French guide to good conversation and learning, written by Daniello Bartoli and translated by Thomas Le Branc, printed at Pont-à-Mousson and sold in Paris by Charles Cabry for educated readers. Its three pictures are near-identical woodcut tailpieces of a footed compote heaped with grapes, gourds, leaves and fruit, drawn with dense parallel hatching that a designer could borrow for botanical borders or vintage ornament.
