Nouvelles observations [microforme] : ou, Guerre civile des françois, sur la langue

Alemand, Louis Augustin, 1653?-1728 · 1688 · Paris: J.B. Langlois · 6 pictures

A 1688 French-language treatise on the French language, published in Paris by J.B. Langlois and written by Louis Augustin Alemand, aimed at readers of French grammar and usage. The pictures are mostly close-up scans of printed text, one errata heading and a black woodcut floral tailpiece, so a designer might take from them the dense rhythm of early roman type with its italic emphasis and the decorative foliage border style.

Français (Langue)

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