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La croniqve dv tres chrestien & victorieux Roy Loys vnziesme du nom (que Dieu absolue)

Roye, Jean de, fl. 1460-1483, Du Pré, Galliot, fl. 1562-1579, publisher, bookseller · 1558 · Paris : Galliot du Pré · 5 pictures

A 1558 Paris chronicle of King Louis XI of France, written by Jean de Roye and published by Galliot du Pré, for a French reading public. Its pictures are woodcut decorative initials and a foliate border, with a historiated-style letter A, interlaced acanthus scrolls, and dense black-and-cream line work that a designer could borrow for display letterforms and ornamental headers.

Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483

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