Les Vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romains, comparées l'une avec l'autre
Les Vies des hommes illustres is Jacques Amyot's 1567 French translation of Plutarch's parallel lives, printed in Paris by Vascosan for a French-reading public of scholars and courtiers. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, mostly a large letter L wrapped in foliage and scrollwork, with one initial C enclosing a palm-like plant, which a designer might borrow for drop caps, ornamental frames, or Renaissance-style border patterns.
