Declaration faicte par le Roy svr l'edict de l'abbreuiation des proces. Publié en la Court de Parlement à Rouen, le xx. iour du mois d'A uril apres pasques. 1564.
A royal declaration issued by Charles IX of France in 1564, printed at Rouen by the bookseller Martin Le Mégissier for the Parlement of Normandy, concerning reform of legal procedure. The pictures are small woodcut heraldry and decoration: a shield of three fleurs-de-lis under a crown, set in a wreath with a pendant, and an ornamental initial letter with foliage and a bold outline that a designer could borrow for monograms or capitals.
