Dictionnaire francoislatin, contenant les mots & manières de parler francois, tournez en latin [microforme]

Estienne, Robert, 1503?-1559 · 1539 · Paris : [s.n.] · 16 pictures

A 1539 French-Latin dictionary printed in Paris and compiled by Robert Estienne, a Renaissance lexicographer, for French speakers learning Latin. Its pages are dense two-column alphabetical entries set in black-letter type, each opening with a large ornate decorated initial letter surrounded by foliage and scrollwork. A designer could take from these historic woodcut-style initials and tight typographic hierarchy for decorative capitals and layout inspiration.

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