A collection of some modern epistles of Monsievr de Balzac
A 1639 Oxford edition of letters by the French writer Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, printed by Leonard Lichfield for the bookseller Francis Bowman and aimed at English readers of French correspondence. The pictures are small woodcut initials and decorative bands with hatched shading, scrolling foliage, and grotesque figures, giving a designer dense, historic ornament for borders and drop caps.
