L'histoire universelle du sieur d'Aubigné. Premiere [-troisieme] partie

Aubigné, Agrippa d', 1552-1630 · 1616 · A Maillè : Par Iean Moussat, imprimeur ordinaire dudit sieur. · 9 pictures

A 1616 French history by Agrippa d'Aubigné, printed at Maillé by Jean Moussat for the author, and this scan is one of several repeated decorative head or tail pieces from its pages. The four pictures are horizontal woodcut friezes of dense scrolling foliage, flowers, and small figures in arched compartments, offering a designer a model for border strips, panel ornaments, and Renaissance-style interlace.

Imprint 1616 · Imprint 1620

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