Figure 320
Borders: Specimen of Gillé fils, Paris
From Gallica (scan 1, scan 2, scan 3, scan 4)
1808
The vignettes or type-borders are distinctive, particularly those with black backgrounds, which are among the handsomest of their kind. The collection of decorations cut on wood and reproduced in polytype is an important feature. All kinds of interesting ornaments are displayed. Many of them are in the pseudo-classic taste of the period, which was taken uncommonly seriously by Gillé.