Sylva sylvarvm: or, A naturall historie. In ten centvries
Sylva Sylvarum is a natural history by Francis Bacon, edited by William Rawley, printed in London in 1631 by J.H. for William Lee and aimed at scholars and readers of experimental science. The pictures are repeated decorative bands of heraldic emblems, a rose, thistle, fleur-de-lis and harp each set under a crown between strips of geometric and scrollwork ornament, in black woodcut-style line on cream paper, offering a designer ready motifs for crowned emblem borders and symmetrical heraldic panels.
