Cherubic Head and Wings Ornament

A monochromatic printer's ornament featuring a youthful, cherubic face surrounded by two stylized, spread wings. The wings extend horizontally and terminate in volute-like scrolls. The face is rendered with simple features, and the feathers are indicated by dark, etched lines.

This decorative element appears in Athanasius Kircher's 'Oedipus Aegyptiacus', a seminal Baroque work that attempted to synthesize universal knowledge, Hermeticism, and Egyptian hieroglyphics. Such ornaments were standard in 17th-century intellectual treatises to signal the presence of divine or celestial themes.