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Henrici II. Galliarvm regis elogivm : cvm eivs verissime expressa effigie

Paschal, Pierre, 1522-1565 · 1560 · Lvtetiae Parisiorum : Apud Michaëlem Vascosanum · 10 pictures

A Latin eulogy of Henry II, King of France, written by Pierre Paschal and printed in Paris in 1560 by Michael Vascosanus for a learned readership. Its pictures are woodcut decorative headpieces and initials built from scrolling foliage, grotesque masks, and framed monograms of the letters H and K, with a winged figure standing on a shield of fleur-de-lis, giving a designer ready models for ornamental borders and letterforms.

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