Defense de la doctrine de Calvin : sur le suiet de l'election et de la reprobation
A 1644 theological treatise by Moïse Amyraut, printed at Saumur by Isaac Desbordes, defending Calvin's doctrine of election and reprobation for a learned Protestant readership. The pictures are woodcut printers' ornaments: a strapwork frieze with a central cartouche, a large decorative initial I set among stylised leaves, a V initial framed by foliage and a sprig, and a frieze of scrolling vines with winged figures. A designer could draw on their dense interlace, leaf-cluster framing and bold letterforms for period-style borders and initials.
