Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne à l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de livres;
Pierre Deschamps's dictionary of ancient and modern place names, published in Paris by Dorbon-Ainé for booksellers and book collectors tracing imprints. The 31 pictures are square woodcut initials in which black foliate scrollwork, curling tendrils and small leaves fill the counters and margins around plain roman capitals, giving designers a partial alphabet of high-contrast drop caps for reuse at any size.
