Recueil des secrets... auquel sont contenues ses plus rares experiences pour diverses maladies, principalement des femmes, avec leurs embellissemens
A 1653 Paris printed collection of secrets, remedies and beauty recipes attributed to Louise Bourgeois, aimed at women and published by Jean Dehoury. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, each a large letter R or P framed by leafy foliage, scrolling acanthus, sprigs and stylised flower heads, with the text set in dense black type beside them; a designer might take from them the framed capital with botanical borders as a model for ornamental lettering and drop caps.
