Tractatus duo

A horizontal decorative headpiece featuring two putti flanking a central lyre, surrounded by scrolling acanthus foliage.

To the most distinguished man P. HATTAEUS DAMBERONIUS, Secretary to the King of the Gauls.
Greetings.

A large, ornate drop-cap letter 'H' featuring a grotesque face amidst floral and foliate scrollwork.I have received this booklet back after the scattering of my various literary belongings, as if returned after a long absence original: "postliminio". Since I intended it to be gifted and dedicated to you previously, you shall receive it now as having proceeded from a man most friendly to you. Farewell. Kalends of January, in the final year of the time. 1579.