Edict dv Roy portant creation des offices de commissaires receueurs hereditaires des deniers des saisies reelles ascauoir deux, où il y a Parlement, & d'vn en chacune ville & iustice royalle de ce royaume.
A 1629 royal edict from France, printed in Paris by A. Estiene, P. Mettayer and C. Prevost, creating hereditary commissioners for seized property funds and held in the Newberry Library. The single picture is a large decorative woodcut initial V, its letter outlined in white on black with a rose, leaves, and foliage filling the surrounding space, offering a designer a model for ornamental letterforms built from carved botanical motifs.
