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Theophraste des Odeurs, mis de grec en nostre langue françoyse, avec annotations des lieux plus notables et difficiles avec l’histoire de quelques plantes. Par J. de L’Estrade,

Theophrastus, l'Estrade, J. de · 1556 · A Paris, chez Guillaume Guillard · 1 picture

A 1556 French translation of Theophrastus's treatise on odours, rendered from Greek into French with annotations by J. de L'Estrade, printed in Paris by Guillaume Guillard for a readership of medical and learned French readers. The picture is a decorative woodcut initial letter L set in a black-bordered box, its interior filled with fine parallel hatching and small leafy sprigs that a designer could take as a model for historiated capitals or botanical-style ornament.

Littérature médicale en français de 1500 à 1600

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