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Discovrs des choses faictes par Monsievr le Prince de Conde, Lieutenant general de Roy, : representant sa personne par tous ses pays, terres & seigneuries, depuis son partement d'Orleans..

Condé, Louis, prince de, 1530-1569, Condé, Louis, prince de, 1530-1569, author · 1563 · [Paris : Par Eloy Gibier pour Robert Estienne] · 3 pictures

A 1563 Paris printing of a discourse by Louis, Prince de Condé, issued by Eloy Gibier for Robert Estienne and recounting his campaigns as royal lieutenant general. Its three pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, E, N and M, set in the page margins. Each is a framed capital filled with foliage, grapes, a grotesque mask and a lizard-like creature, a useful reference for Renaissance ornamental lettering and border design.

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