L'Astrée
L'Astrée is a 1625 Paris pastoral romance by Honoré d'Urfé, continued by Balthasar Baro, printed by Pomeray for a French reading public. The four pictures are small woodcut decorated initial letters, an S, I, L and E, framed by scrolling foliage, flowers, birds and grotesque heads, offering a designer ready-made decorative capitals with dense, hand-cut line texture.
