Livre d'écriture
Livre d'ecriture is a 1668 French penmanship manual by Louis Senault, with engraving by Pierre Drevet, made for writing masters and students learning the hand. The pictures are engraved copperplate pages of flourished calligraphy: loops, swirls and scrolled panels framing lines of script, with small birds, masks and foliage at the corners, offering a designer ideas for ornamental lettering and decorative borders.
