Le lycée du Sr. Bardin : ou en plusieurs promenades il est traité des connoissances, des actions, & des plaisirs d'un honneste homme ; tome I, Des connoissances
A 1641 French moral treatise by Pierre Bardin, published in Rouen by the widow Du Bosc, written for the educated gentleman (honnête homme) and covering knowledge, actions and pleasures. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials and a cupid vignette built from scrolling foliage, flowers, birds and grotesque acanthus, offering a designer dense, hand-cut period ornament for borders and capitals.
