La monarchie aristodemocratique : ou Le gouvernement composé et meslé des trois formes de legitimes republiques
A 1611 French political treatise, La monarchie aristodemocratique by Louis Turquet de Mayerne, published in Paris by Jean Le Bovc and later owned by John Adams, sets out a mixed government of three legitimate republican forms for a learned readership. The pictures are repeated woodcut ornamental bands with putti, scrolling acanthus and a pair of grotesque lion-like creatures flanking a decorated initial, offering a designer dense Renaissance strapwork and border motifs.
