La métamorphose du vertueux : livre plein de moralité
A 1611 Paris printing by C. Sevestre, a moral tale translated by Jean Baudoin from Evangelista Marcellino, with decorative initial letters in woodcut style. The four pictures are historiated capitals, each a large letter I or L filled with figures, foliage and grotesque ornament, offering a designer models for ornamental lettering and early modern initials.






















