L'histoire universelle du sieur d'Aubigné. Premiere [-troisieme] partie

Aubigné, Agrippa d', 1552-1630 · 1616 · A Maillè : Par Iean Moussat, imprimeur ordinaire dudit sieur. · 8 pictures

A 1616 French history of the world by Agrippa d'Aubigné, printed at Maillé by Jean Moussat for the author, with its pages carrying decorative woodcut headpieces and borders. The four pictures are the same horizontal floral and scrolled ornamental band repeated across pages, showing dense interlaced vines, leaves, flowers, and curling C-shaped scrolls with small figures tucked among them. A designer could take from them a model for a continuous acanthus-style border, a running frieze, or a Renaissance strapwork pattern for historical or period-styled layouts.

Imprint 1616 · Imprint 1620

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