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Discours au vray et en abbrege de ce qui est dernieremẽt aduenu à Vassi, y passant Monseigneur le duc de Guise.

Morel, Guillaume, 1505-1564, printer · 1562 · Paris : G. Morel, 1562 · 2 pictures

A 1562 Paris pamphlet printed by Guillaume Morel, a French account of the Vassy incident involving the Duke of Guise, illustrated with a woodcut frieze and a decorated initial letter. The first picture is a foliate border of scrolling vines with small beasts and birds in black woodcut line. The second shows a large historiated capital E beside dense black-letter French text, with ornamental curls and leafy forms filling the initial's frame, useful for designers wanting Renaissance display lettering and drop-cap ideas.

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