Declaration dv Roy par laqvelle les Princes, Dvcs, & Seigneurs y denommez, sont declarez criminels de leze Majesté : si dans vn mois apres la publication des presentes ils ne posent les armes, & ne viennent trouuer sadite Majesté en personne
A 1620 royal declaration issued in Paris under Louis XIII of France, printed by Fed. Morel and P. Mettayer, addressed to princes, dukes and lords and declaring them guilty of treason unless they lay down arms within a month. The single picture is a woodcut decorative initial letter I, framed by leafy foliage with a flower at its base, offering a designer a ready-made ornamental capital for historical typography.
