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 is a 1633 Paris edition of Garcilaso de la Vega's history of the Incas of Peru, translated into French by Jean Baudoin and published by Augustin Courbé for French readers interested in the Indies. The pictures are decorative woodcut historiated initials, large letters framed by curling foliage, leaves, scrolls and fruit, which a designer could adapt for ornamental capitals, borders and letterforms with an early-modern printed feel.
