Miscellanea curiosa, sive, Ephemeridum medico-physicarum Germanicarum
Miscellanea curiosa is a 1700 scientific and medical miscellany printed in Nuremberg by E. Streck, drawn from German medical-physical journals and aimed at physicians and natural researchers. Its pictures are small decorative headpieces and tailpieces built from scrolling acanthus leaves, knotted strapwork and engraved ornament framing central emblems such as a serpent-entwined book, a cartouche and a shaded tablet, which suggest compact symmetrical vignettes for historical or scholarly page openings.
