Curiositez inoüyes
A 1629 French book, Curiositez inoüyes by Jacques Gaffarel, published by Hervé du Mesnil, a work of astrology written for a learned French readership. Its pictures are small decorative woodcut initials, letters such as C and I framed in foliate borders and crescent-shaped ornaments, showing how dense leafy frames can enclose and ornament a single letter for a designer's initial-letter work.
