De formvlæ regnante Christo : in veterum monumentis vsv, iustas pro regibus maximis Philippo I & II, summaque regum omnium potestate, vindicias complexa diatribe
A 1646 Latin scholarly treatise by the French Protestant divine David Blondel, printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu, arguing for the sovereignty of medieval French kings Philip I and Philip II. The pictures are small woodcut and engraved printer's ornaments: a celestial armillary sphere flanked by figures with the motto Indefessus agendo, an abbot's coat of arms with a mitre and crozier, a floriated initial O, and a historiated initial I showing a man with a club over a fallen figure. Designers can draw on their compact, emblematic vocabulary for bookplates, heraldic seals, or decorative drop caps.
