Le philocope de messire Iean Boccace Florentin : contenant l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur.

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, Sevin, Adrien · 1555 · A Paris : Par Gilles Corrozet, tenant sa bouticque au premier pillier de la grand Salle du Palais, contre la Chambre des Consultations · 98 pictures

A 1555 Paris edition of Boccaccio's Le philocope, the French prose romance of Fleury and Blanchefleur, translated by Adrien Sevin and printed by Gilles Corrozet for a French reading public. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, with the large capitals framed by scrolling leaf and acanthus ornament that a designer could adapt for display lettering or border work.

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