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Les principavx poincts de la foy de l'eglise catholiqve : Defendvs contres l'escrit addressé au roy par les quatre Ministres de Charenton

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642 · 1630 · Roven : I. de la Mare · 16 pictures

A 1630 French Catholic polemic printed in Rouen by I. de la Mare, written by Cardinal Richelieu in defence of Church doctrine against Huguenot ministers of Charenton, aimed at a literate Catholic readership. The pictures are small woodcut decorated initials, each a single letter framed by foliage, scrolls and a face, with dense black line work on a pale ground that a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals.

Counter-Reformation

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