Recueil de pièces galantes, en prose [et] en vers

La Suze, Henriette de Châtillon de Coligny, comtesse de, 1618-1673, Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul, 1624-1693 · 1668 · Paris, G. Quinet · 39 pictures

A 1668 Paris collection of gallant prose and verse by Henriette de La Suze and Paul Pellisson-Fontanier, published by G. Quinet for a polite literary readership. The pictures are repeated small letterpress headpiece ornaments, each a symmetrical wreath of acanthus-like scrolls, leaves, rosettes and berries rising to a central bloom, a compact vignette a designer could adapt for a border, divider or tailpiece.

French literature

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