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Exercise spirituel pour tous les Chrestiens : avec un abbregé des principaux mysteres de la foy, en faveur de la noblesse allemande

Bievre, P. N · 1682 · Brig : Jean Christoffe Jacob · 2 pictures

A French devotional manual by P. N. Bievre, printed in Brig in 1682 by Jean Christoffe Jacob, intended for Christians and the German nobility. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut decorations: an ornate initial letter N with interlaced scrollwork, and a potted flower arrangement with tulip-like blooms and a wicker basket, suited to designers wanting historic border, initial, or botanical ornament.

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