Satyres
A satirical verse collection by Mathurin Régnier, printed in Paris in 1613 by Toussaincts du Bray for a French reading public. The pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a figure inside a circular frame with foliage borders, a large decorated initial letter, and fleur-de-lis medallions. A designer could take from them the dense, hand-cut vine and scroll borders and the compact circular frames that suit historical headpieces or monograms.
