A briefe relation of the discouery and plantation of Nevv England: : and of sundry accidents therein occurring, from the yeere of our Lord M. DC. VII. to this present M. DC. XXII. Together with the state thereof as now it standeth; the generall forme of gouernment intended; and the diuision of the whole territorie into counties, baronries, &c
A 1622 promotional tract issued by the Council for New England, printed in London by John Haviland and sold by William Bladen, describing the discovery and settlement of New England for prospective colonists and investors. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials and a headpiece built from scrolling foliage, flowers, and a bee, with dense interlace and flat black-and-white contrast that a designer could draw on for border, capital-letter, or ornamental page work.
