Essais d'un dictionnaire universel [microforme]

Furetière, Antoine, 1619-1688 · 1684 · [S.l. : s.n.] ; · 2 pictures

A 1684 French prospectus-style trial of a universal dictionary by Antoine Furetière, a scholarly text for French-language readers, held as a microform copy. Its two pictures are a large decorated initial S set in a foliate wreath beside the printed word IRE, and a horizontal strip of dense acanthus-like scrollwork in a rectangular frame; a designer might take from them the model of a letterpiece initial framed by leafy foliage and the compact, heavy scroll border used as a head or tail ornament.

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