Declaration faicte par Monsieur le Prince de Condé, pour monstrer les raisons qui l'ont contrainct d'emtreprendre la defense de l'authorité du Roy, du gouuernement de la Royne, & du repos de ce Royaume. Auec la protestation sur ce requise.
A 1564 French printed declaration issued by Louis, prince de Condé, during the Wars of Religion under Charles IX, justifying his armed defence of royal authority against the Guise faction; its publisher is unnamed and it was printed with the Newberry Library's copy. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated and ornamental initials, the letters E, L and C framed in square borders and filled with scrolling foliage, a bird perched among leaves, and vases of acanthus, offering a designer compact, reusable decorative capitals for period-style lettering.
