Christianae religionis institutio : totam ferè pietatis summã & quicquid est in doctrina salutis cognitu necessarium complectens : omnibus pietatis studiosis lectu dignissimum opus, ac recens editum Praefatio ad Christianissimum regem franciae, qua hic ei liber pro confessione fidei offertur ..
A 1536 Latin theological treatise by Jean Calvin, printed in Basel, offering his Christian religion instruction to the French king and to students of piety. The four pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, the letters P, I, N and T, each framed by figures, foliage and grotesque animals in dense hatched black-and-cream carving that a designer could borrow for decorative capitals or drop-cap framing.
