[Théâtre de Rotrou]

Rotrou, Jean, 1609-1650 · 1636 · [À Paris : Chez Antoine de Sommaville] · 31 pictures

A 1636 Paris printing of the plays of Jean Rotrou, published by Antoine de Sommaville, with decoration made of woodcut ornaments rather than narrative scenes. The pictures are symmetrical headpieces and tailpieces built from foliage, scrolls, a face or mask at the centre, and a royal-style shield, giving a designer models for classical-revival ornament and framing borders.

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