Discovrs politiqves et militaires. Nouuellement recueillis & mis en lumiere
Discovrs politiqves et militaires is a 1587 collection of political and military discourses by François de La Noue, printed in Basle by F. Forest for readers of French political and military writing. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters L with foliage, grotesque animal heads and scrolling borders, a style a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals and border strips.








































