A defensative against the plague : contayning two partes or treatises : the first, shewing the meanes how to preserue vs from the dangerous contagion thereof : the second, how to cure those that are infected therewith : whereunto is annexed a short treatise of the small poxe : shewing how to gouerne and helpe those that are infected therewith
A 1593 London medical treatise by Simon Kellwaye, printed by John Windet, offering advice on preventing, treating and nursing plague and smallpox for a general readership. The four pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, a square T and F set in ornamental frames with scrolls and foliage, which a designer could borrow for letterpress capitals, borders or monogram layouts.
