Histoire de l'astronomie moderne : depuis la fondation de l'Ecole d'Alexandrie, jusqu'a lepoque de M.D.CC.XXX. T. 2
Volume two of Jean-Sylvain Bailly's history of modern astronomy, printed in Paris by the Frères de Bure in 1779 for scholars and members of learned academies. The illustration here is not astronomical but typographic: a horizontal letterpress headpiece of symmetrical acanthus scrolls flanking a central palmette, printed in coarse black line and usable as a rule, divider, or masthead ornament.
