Grammaire [microforme]
A French-language grammar by Petrus Ramus, printed in Paris by Denys du Val in 1587, catalogued from a microfilm copy. The three pictures are printer's ornaments: a large letter B and a letter N set on open book-shaped blocks, and a strip of foliate scrollwork with a grotesque mask and a putto. A designer could take from them the模 pairing of a single display initial with a stylised book, and the dense, symmetrical classical ornament of early modern French printing.
![Picture 1 of 3 from Grammaire [microforme] (1587), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-fre_b2063611-13-0.webp)
![Picture 2 of 3 from Grammaire [microforme] (1587), leaf 224](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-fre_b2063611-224-0.webp)
![Picture 3 of 3 from Grammaire [microforme] (1587), leaf 225](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-fre_b2063611-225-0.webp)