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Chronologie septenaire de l'histoire de la paix entre les roys de France et d'Espagne : contenant les choses plus memorables aduenuës en France, Espagne, Allemagne, Italie, Angleterre, Escosse, Flandres, Hongrie, Pologne, Suece, Transsyluanie, [et] autres endroits de l'Europe: auec le succez aux Indes Orientales, Occidentales [et] Septentrionales, depuis le commencement de l'an 1598 iusques à la fin de l'an 1604. Divisee en sept livres

Cayet, Pierre-Victor Palma, 1525-1610 · 1605 · Paris : Jean Richer · 20 pictures

A 1605 French chronicle by Pierre-Victor Palma Cayet, printed in Paris by Jean Richer, recounting European and overseas events from 1598 to 1604 for a French reading public. Its pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a bird among foliage, a grotesque mask flanked by flowers, a central face framed by scrolls, and a decorated initial letter, offering designers compact models of Renaissance strapwork and botanical borders.

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