Ordonnances du roy, sur le fait de la marine & admirauté. Pub. en la Court de Parlement à Rouen, le vingtiesme iour de iuillet mil cinq cens cinquante sept. Auec l'arrest donné sur ladite publication & modifications de ladite Court.
This is a 1612 Rouen printing by Martin Le Mesgissier of royal maritime and admiralty ordinances of Henry II, published for the Parlement of Rouen. The picture is a page opening with a decorated initial E and the first lines of the text in a French black-letter-influenced roman face. A designer could take the ornate woodcut initial, with its interlaced frame and foliage, as a model for historical display lettering.
