Essay des merveilles de natvre et des plvs nobles actifices. Piece tres necessaire, à tous ceux qui font profession d'eloquence
A 1636 French popular science book by Étienne Binet, printed in Lyon by N. Gay, aimed at readers of eloquence and curious general audiences interested in nature's marvels. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, each an capital I or similar form built from interlaced scrollwork, leafy tendrils, and stylized animal heads, which a designer could adapt for ornamental capitals or border framing.
