M.T. Ciceronis de finibus bonorum et maloru[m] liber primus incipit feliciter
A 1477 Paris printed edition of Cicero's De finibus, issued by the Soufflet Vert press for scholarly readers, carrying a printer's or owner's heraldic device. The single picture is a black-and-white coat of arms with a crested helm, mantling of acanthus scrolls, a dotted field bearing a chevron with three figures, and a banderole inscribed GAUDEO beneath. A designer could take the symmetrical scrollwork, the chevron-and-dot shield pattern, and the ribbon-banner lettering as a model for crest or emblem layouts.
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