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La grande crvavte et tyrannie. Exercee en la ville d'Arras, ce 28. iour de May, 1618. Par vn ieune gentil-homme, & vne damoiselle, frere & sœur, lesquels on commis inseste. Ensemble ce qui s'est passé durant leur impudiques amours.

1618 · Paris : Chez la vefue J. du Carrois, iouxte la copie imprimee à Arras, par G. de la Riuiere, 1618 · 1 picture

A 1618 French pamphlet printed in Paris by the widow J. du Carrois, reissuing an Arras edition, and aimed at a general readership drawn to sensational crime stories. Its single picture is a decorated woodcut initial L, with foliage, knotted scrollwork and a small figure, set beside a block of closely spaced black-letter type, showing how early printers combined ornament with text.

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