L'asne d'or; ov, Les metamorphoses. Illvstré de commentaires apposez au bout de chasque liure, qui facilitent l'intention de l'auteur ..
This is a 1616 Paris edition of Apuleius's Latin tale of Lucius turned into an ass, printed by I. de Sanlecque in French as L'asne d'or with commentaries at the end of each book, held by the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. The four pictures are small woodcut headpiece and tailpiece ornaments of interlaced foliage, crowned cartouches, serpents and flowers on a plain ground, offering a designer dense, symmetrical border and divider motifs for early modern decorative work.
