De sacris ecclesiae ministeriis ac beneficiis libri VIII : in quibus quicquid ad plenam iuris pontificij cognitionem necessarium est, breuiter ac dilucidè explicatum continetur : item, Pro libertate ecclesiae Gallicae aduersus Romanã aulam defensio Parisiensis curiae, Ludouico XI. Gallorũ regi quondam oblata
A 1551 Latin legal treatise by François Douaren, printed in Paris by Matthaeus David, on church ministries, benefices and canon law for scholars and clergy. Its pictures are repeated versions of one woodcut initial C, a large letter filled with interlaced scrollwork, leaves and grotesque animal heads in its border, useful to a designer as a model for ornamental capitals.














