De la vertu des payens
A 1642 French treatise on ancient pagan virtue by François de La Mothe Le Vayer, printed in Paris by François Targa for a learned readership interested in classical ethics. Its pictures are woodcut decorative pieces: two running ornamental friezes with foliage, scrolls and a central face, a vase of flowers, and a large historiated initial M with figures inside its letterform, offering designers a range of Renaissance-style ornament and border ideas.
