Edict du roy, sur la reformation de ceulx qui abusent du nom, & estat de procureurs, es cours & iurisdictions de ce royaume.
A royal French edict printed in Paris in 1550 by Jehan André, regulating procurators and legal practice in the courts of the realm. The first picture is a woodcut printer's device with a flaming heart, a chained scroll reading Maior Caritas, and a birdcage, while the second is a crowned shield of fleurs-de-lis with a 1549 handwritten date, both suited to designers seeking Renaissance emblematic ornament and heraldic border motifs.
