Elogiæ æternae memoriæ Ludouici XIII, Francorum et Navarræ regis Christianissimi iusti, pij, felicis perduellium domitoris inuictissimi, Franciæ pacatoris clementissimi, religionis auitæ vindicis acerrimi, pristinæ maiestatis Franciæ assertoris vnici, musarum Herculis fortiss ...
A 1629 Paris printing from the Estienne press by Pierre Valens, a eulogy for King Louis XIII of France, addressed to a learned readership of humanist scholars and courtiers. Its pictures are woodcut decorative horizontal bands of acanthus scrolls, grotesque masks, and foliage, offering a designer dense, historical ornamental borders for headers and dividers.







