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De l'origine des bovrgongnons, et antiqvité des estats de Bovrgongne, devx livres : plus, des antiquitez d'Autun, liure 1 : de Chalon, 2 : de Mascon, 3 : de l'abbaye & ville de Tournus, 1

Saint-Julien, Pierre de, ca. 1520-1593, Tamisier, Pierre, 1541-1591, Bredin, Edouard, 16th cent, Rancurel, Raymond, 16th cent · 1581 · A Paris : Chez Nicolas Chesneav · 88 pictures

A 1581 Paris book printed by Nicolas Chesneau, written by Pierre de Saint-Julien and Pierre Tamisier, on the origins and antiquities of Burgundy, Autun, Chalon, Mâcon and Tournus, aimed at French-reading antiquarians and scholars. The pictures are four woodcut decorative initials, the first a historiated L with figures and foliage, the others filled with scrolling acanthus leaves, grotesque creatures, flowers and a flaming urn, offering designers dense Renaissance ornament and letter-framing ideas.

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