Dernieres decouvertes dans l'Amerique septentrionale de M. de La Sale;

unknown, Tonti, Henri de, -1704, Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927. RIBRL, former owner, Newberry Library. RIBRL, former owner · 1697 · A Paris au Palais : Chez Jean Guignard, à l'entrée de la Grand' Salle, à l'Image saint Jean · 2 pictures

A 1697 Paris printed account by Henri de Tonti of La Salle's discoveries in North America, published by Jean Guignard at the Palais, with a bookseller's catalogue attached and ornaments reflecting French book decoration of the period. The two pictures are small woodcut typographic ornaments: an interlaced knot-like strapwork piece and a horizontal frieze of scrolling acanthus, cherubs and foliage, which a designer could use as borders, dividers or printed-page decoration.

La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 · Catalogs, Booksellers' · Imprint 1697

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