Le coup d'estat de Louys XIII : Au Roy.
A 1631 Paris printing of Le coup d'estat de Louys XIII, a dedicatory address to the King by the Jesuit author Jean Sirmond, set in dense French roman type. The picture is a large woodcut-style decorated initial S, its curling stems wrapped in leaves and flowers, opening the text block, which a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals and historical French print typography.
