La Rethorique françoise, ou, Les Preceptes de l'ancienne et vraie eloquence [microforme]
A 1671 French rhetoric manual by Le Gras, a Parisian lawyer, printed in Paris by A. de Raffle for readers of the French language and its eloquence. Its pictures are black woodcut-style ornaments, a flower basket, and a large decorated initial M, with a bold display title; a designer might draw on their dense leafy borders, silhouetted flowers, and high-contrast black-and-white forms.
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