Histoire tragique et arrest de la cour de Parlement de Tholose contre Pierre Arrias Burdeux ... François Gairaud ... Violante de Bats du Chasteau & autres
A 1613 Paris printing by N. La Caille of a French criminal trial account, recording the Toulouse Parlement's judgment against Pierre Arrias Burdeux, François Gairaud and Violante de Bats du Chasteau, written for a general reading public. The pictures are four woodcut decorative initial letters (F, D, I, B) with figures, animals and foliage inside their frames, showing how early modern printers built ornamented capitals a designer could adapt for display type or chapter openings.








