Les Oeuvres morales et meslees
Les Oeuvres morales et meslees is a 1574 Paris edition printed by Vascosan, a French translation by Jacques Amyot of Plutarch's moral essays, aimed at French readers of the period. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials, ornamental capital letters A and a decorated I, built from interlaced foliage, scrolls, leaves and rosettes that fill the letterforms, which a designer could adapt for monograms, border ornament or historical letter design.
