Abbregé chronologique, ou Extraict de l'histoire de France
Abbregé chronologique is a 1676 French chronology of France by François Eudes de Mézeray, published in Paris by Louis Billaine, and owned by John Adams. Its pictures are small engraved royal portraits set under Roman numeral captions, and decorative woodcut initial letters with dense interlaced foliage that a designer could borrow for headers, drop caps, or period framing.
