Le Duc de Guise, surnomé le Balafré
A 1696 Paris printed book about Henri, Duke of Guise, nicknamed the Balafré, written by Brye and published by Brunet for a French reading public. Its pictures are woodcut decorative elements: large ornamental initial letters I and H with dense foliage and flower scrollwork, and a repeated frieze with a central mask, scrolls and small animals. A designer could take from them historic French book ornament suited to period headers, drop caps and borders.
