Prolusiones oratoriae
Prolusiones oratoriae is a 1684 Latin book of oratorical exercises by the Jesuit Claude de La Colombière, printed at Lyon by the Anisson and Posuel firm for students and clergy. Its two pictures are small woodcut floral ornaments: a symmetrical tulip-and-blossom spray and a flowers-in-urn vignette, both in a dense, crisp black-line style a designer could adapt for vintage botanical borders and headpieces.
