Discovrs av Roy, svr son instrvction ...
A 1615 French printed book, Discovrs au Roy by Jean Alary, published in Paris by I. Bourriquant for a royal reader, with its pages set in black-letter-style type and decorated with woodcut ornaments. Its pictures are small woodcut pieces: a symmetrical scrolled ornament with a central monogram and an opening historiated initial S with foliage and a figure, offering a designer models for symmetrical strapwork borders and decorative initial letters.

