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La métamorphose du vertueux : livre plein de moralité

Marcellino, Évangelista, 1530-1593, Baudoin, Jean, 1590?-1650 · 1611 · Paris : C. Sevestre · 23 pictures

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.

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