Miscellany poems
A 1684 London miscellany of verse by John Dryden, published by J. Tonson, with ornamental woodcut headpieces and tailpieces rather than narrative scenes. The four pictures are decorative borders: a flower basket amid acanthus scrolls, a cherub-flanked rosette panel, and a band of paired birds in scrollwork. A designer could take the acanthus scrolls, cartouches and putti as period ornament for borders and frames.
