[Théâtre de Rotrou]

Rotrou, Jean, 1609-1650 · 1636 · [À Paris : Chez Antoine de Sommaville] · 29 pictures

A 1636 Paris edition of plays by Jean Rotrou, published by Antoine de Sommaville and held by the Boston Public Library. The four pictures are horizontal woodcut ornamental friezes, each a decorative tailpiece or headpiece for the printed pages. A designer could take from them the dense interlacing of foliage, winged creatures and a central heraldic shield with crown, a model for borders and symmetrical ornament.

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