Le vray discours des derniers propos memorables, et tres pas du feu roy de tresbonne memoire Charles neusiesme.
A 1574 French printed account of the last words and death of King Charles IX, issued at Rouen by printers Martin Le Mesgissier and Thomas Mallard and written by Arnaud Sorbin, set in dense black-letter type with verse lines. The page opens with a decorated woodcut initial letter, and its lines of italic-style type and ornamental capital give a designer a model for historic typographic ornament and text-led page layout.
