Calligraphic Exercise in French

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Calligraphic exercize in French, presented in an elliptical frame. The text runs for four lines starting with the words 'La chevanche du riche est comme une forte cite (...)'. The text is characterized by the wavy lines of each letter. Part of an album with 26 examples of calligraphy and micrography, thought to have been produced in France or possibly Antwerp at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Calligraphic Exercise in French, Anonymous French or Flemish, Pen and black and brown ink.

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