The English gentlewoman, drawne out to the full body : expressing, what habilliments doe best attire her, what ornaments doe best adorne her, what complements doe best accomplish her
A 1631 London conduct book by Richard Brathwaite, printed by B. Alsop and T. Fauucet for Michaell Sparke, advising English gentlewomen on dress, ornament and manners. The four pictures are woodcut historiated initial letters E, B, E and D, each a seated figure in a dotted-border frame with scrolling foliage, grotesque creatures and a bull or lion. A designer could draw on their dense cut-line shading and compact decorative letter frames for display type.
