Musei, siue Bibliothecae tam priuatae quàm publicae extructio, instructio, cura, vsus libri IV : accessit accurata descriptio Regiae bibliothecae S. Laurentii Escurialis : insuper Paraenesis allegorica ad amorem literarum : opus multiplici eruditione sacra simul et humana refertum, praeceptis moralibus et literariis, architecturae et picturae subiectionibus, inscriptionibus et emblematis, antiquitatis philologicae monumentis, atque oratoriis schematis utiliter et amoene tessellatum
A Latin treatise on the building, furnishing, and use of museums and libraries, including a description of the royal library of the Escorial, written by the Jesuit Claude Clement and printed at Lyon by Jacques Prost in 1635 for scholars, collectors, and librarians. The plates in the index are typographic woodcut ornaments: long horizontal friezes of acanthus scrollwork inhabited by putti, sphinxes, and griffins, and tailpieces built around plumed or grimacing masks hung with bead swags and floral sprays, useful as rules, headers, and repeating border units.
