Færoœ, et Fœroa reserata : that is a description of the islands & inhabitants of Foeroe : being seventeen islands subject to the King of Denmark, lying under 62 deg. 10 min. of north latitude. Wherein several secrets of nature are brought to light, and some antiquities hitherto kept in darkness discovered.
Færoœ, et Fœroa reserata is a 1676 account of the Faroe Islands by Lucas Debes, a Danish clergyman, printed in London for William Iles and aimed at readers interested in natural history and antiquities. Its pictures are small black-and-white engravings: a spiral diagram of rows and numbers, a geometric cross-section with a shaded landmass, a coastal sketch with labelled place names, and a hand-coloured map of the islands with a decorative cartouche, which a designer could borrow for early cartographic linework and label typography.
