Le dictionnaire des précieuses [microforme]
Le dictionnaire des précieuses is a 1661 French satirical dictionary by Antoine Baudeau de Somaize, edited by Charles Louis Livet and published in Paris by P. Jannet, mocking the affected vocabulary of salon women. The four pictures are horizontal printed ornamental bands of scrolling acanthus, masks and foliage, the kind of decorative strip a designer could adapt for borders, dividers or headers.
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