Histoire dv Chevalier Bayard, lievtenant general povr le roi av govvernement de Daulphiné : et de plvsieurs choses memorables advenves en France, Italie, Espagne, & és Pays Bas, du regne de roys Charles VIII, Louys XII, & François I, depuis l'an 1489, iusques à 1524
A 1619 Paris edition of the chronicle of the knight Bayard, a lieutenant general under King Louis XII and François I, covering French, Italian, Spanish and Low Countries campaigns from 1489 to 1524, compiled by Jacques de Mailles and Théodore Godefroy. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a large letter with decorative scrollwork, figures, or foliage, set beside printed regnal numbers and dates, offering designers ready models for ornamental capitals and border frames.















