Cabinet 06: Ornamental Initials

An alternative to decorating the area immediately surrounding the initial was to ornately style the letter itself. Often a complete ornamental alphabet was designed and produced. On display are three examples of ornamental letters.

Image one

Louis-Sebastien Mercier, Mon bonnet de nuit. & Neuchatel : [s.n.], 1784. Shoults Swb 1784 M

 

 

Image two

Pierre Bayle, Pierre Jurieu, and Jean Tronchin du Breuil, Lettres sur les matieres du temps. [A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Savouret ...], 1688-90. DeBeer Lb 1688 L

 

 

Image three

Johann Gottfried Biedermann, Genealogie der hohen Furstenhauser im Frankischen Krayse… Bayreuth : Friederich Elias Dietzel, 1746. Shoults Gc 1746 B