Miscellanea Curiosa, sive Ephemiridum Medico-Physicarum Germanicarum Academiae Naturae Curiosorum
Miscellanea Curiosa is a 1678 collection of medical and natural philosophy papers issued at Vratislavia by the Leopoldina academy of natural scientists for its scholarly members. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments, likely head or tail pieces, of stylised scrollwork, interlace, and floral sprays in triangular or heart-shaped layouts, offering designers historical models for symmetrical border and vignette motifs.
