Paraphrase de l'astrolabe, contenant Les principes de geometrie. La sphere. L'astrolabe, ou, declaration des choses celestes. Le miroir du monde, ou, exposition des parties de la terre
This 1546 French astronomy and geometry treatise, a paraphrase of the astrolabe by Jacques Focard, was printed in Lyon by Jean de Tournes, with woodcuts by Bernard Salomon for a learned readership of navigators and scholars. Its pictures are four small decorative woodcut initials, each a letter set in a dark patterned frame of foliage, scrolls and a dragon, which a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals and border framing.
