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A calligraphic specimen page. At the top, two lines of a flourished uppercase alphabet are followed by a label for the script style, "Italienne Posée." Below this, a large decorative initial 'V', ornamented with shaded foliate flourishes, begins a moral passage written in an elegant, slanted italic hand. The bottom of the page features a lowercase alphabet showcasing multiple variations of letters, followed by a calligraphic monogram within an intricate flourish.

Italienne Posée Set Italian (Script).

Vertu est louable de
soy mesme, elle porte tousiours son honneur immortel:
tout ainsi que la Palme laquelle estant plus foulée con-
tre bas, plus elle monte en haut, fait effort. Semblablement
tant plus vertu est oppressée, tant plus elle sera immor-
telle et resplendissante.

Translation: Virtue is praiseworthy in itself; it always carries its immortal honor: just like the Palm tree, which, being trodden down further, rises higher in its exertion. Likewise, the more virtue is oppressed, the more immortal and resplendent it will be.