Les antiquitez de la ville de Marseille : où il est traicté de l'ancienne republique des Marseillois : et des choses plus remarquable de leur estat
A 1632 French antiquarian history of Marseille, written by Jules Raymond de Solier and edited by Charles Annibal Fabrot, printed in Lyon and sold in Marseille for a local readership interested in the city's ancient republic. Its pictures are small woodcut initials in decorative frames, showing a large letter wrapped in scrolling foliage, tendrils and leaves, with dense black line work on a pale ground that a designer could borrow for monograms, drop caps or border ornament.
