Ordonnances de la covr, svr les articles presentez par le procureur de trois estats de ce pays de Dauphiné.
This is a 1654 legal ordinance printed in Grenoble by A. Verdier for the Parlement of Grenoble, setting out rules from the court on articles presented by the procurator of the three estates of Dauphiné. The two pictures are letter-page decorations: a dense woodcut frame of scrolling foliage around a single black letter L, and a crowned heraldic shield of two quartered arms framed by a wreath of leaves and a ribbon at the base. A designer could draw on the contrast between the busy foliage border and the simple central initial, or on the symmetrical crest-and-wreath construction.
