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Apologie povr tovs les grands personnages qui ont esté faussement soupçonnez de magie

Naudé, Gabriel, 1600-1653, Block, Henri van den, 1740-1807 (association) · 1625 · A Paris : Chez François Targa ... · 16 pictures

Gabriel Naudé's defence of famous men falsely accused of magic, printed in Paris by François Targa in 1625 for a learned Latin-reading public. The index holds sixteen woodcut initials: capitals set in square blocks among curling acanthus, tulips and pomegranates, with a bare-breasted siren, leafy masks and dolphin-tailed grotesques, useful as drop caps, borders or spot ornaments.

Magic

Internet Archive · Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0