Les Tableavx de la penitence
A 1654 Paris devotional work by Antoine Godeau, printed by Augustin Courbé, here shown through its decorated initial letters: woodcut capitals framed in bordered squares, with the E, I and L set among stylised tulips, leaves and fruit and the C among flowers and scrolls. A designer might take from them the compact framed-initial format, with the letterform sitting inside a field of botanical ornament and a decorative border.
