Effects espovventables de l'excommvnication de Henry de Valois, & de Henry de Nauarre. Où est contenue au vray l'histoire de la mort de Henry de Valois, et que Henry de Nauarre est incapable de la couronne de France ...
A French pamphlet printed in Paris in 1589 by Rolin Thierry and Nicolas Nivelle, aimed at readers following the political struggle over the French crown after Henri III's death. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut ornaments: an initial letter S filled with foliage, scrollwork and a small animal, and a headpiece of a cherub's face framed by fruit-laden fronds, ribbons and tassels. A designer could draw on these dense, hand-cut botanical borders and tapered ornamental flourishes for period-style display headers.
