Nevf livres de la dignité et de l'accroissement des sciences
A 1632 Paris edition of Francis Bacon's treatise on the advancement of learning, translated into French by Gilbert de Golefer and printed by I. Dugast for a scholarly readership interested in science and logic. The four pictures are woodcut decorated initial letters, with the capital L and the capital I or P framed by acanthus leaves, flowers and interlaced foliage. A designer could take from them the dense, hand-cut ornamental framing typical of early printed books, useful for drop caps and borders.
