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Les decades de Tite-Live : avec les supplemens de J. Freinshemius; nouvellement augmentees d'un abrege chronologique: mises en Francois

Du Ryer, Pierre, d. 1658, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL), Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner · 1700 · A Amsterdam : Chez Andre de Hoogenhuysen · 16 pictures

A French translation of Livy's histories of Rome, printed in Amsterdam in 1700 by Andre de Hoogenhuysen and translated by Pierre Du Ryer for French-reading scholars and collectors; it was once owned by John Adams. The pictures are small printed ornaments, mostly woodcut fruit and flower cornucopia clusters with ribbon-tied swags and a scrolled cartouche top, repeated as head or tail pieces, useful to a designer as compact decorative borders and dividers.

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