Le commentaire royal, ou, L'histoire des Yncas, roys du Peru : contenant leur origine, depuis le premier Ynca Manco Capac, leur establissement, leur idolatrie, leurs sacrifices, leurs vies, leurs loix, leur gouuernement en paix & en guerre ... : ensemble vne descriptton particuliere des animaux, des fruicts, des mineraux, des plantes, & des singularitez du païs : oeuure curieuse, & tout à faict necessaire à l'intelligence de l'Histoire des Indes
This 1633 Paris edition by Garcilaso de la Vega, translated by Jean Baudoin and printed by Augustin Courbé, is a history of the Inca rulers of Peru and their customs, religion and land, aimed at readers of French and interest in the Indies. The four pictures are the same decorative woodcut initial letter, a large L built from interlaced foliage, scrolls and leaves, shown in several slightly varying impressions, so a designer could take from them a model for ornamental capitals and flourish-based letterforms.
