The epistles of Jacob Behmen, aliter, Tevtonicvs philosophvs
A 1649 London religious book of epistles by the mystic Jakob Böhme, printed by M. Simmons for G. Calvert and translated by John Ellistone. The pictures are four small woodcut-style decorative initial letter N blocks, one in outline with hatched shading and one in white-on-black with dense stippled ground and curling foliage, set beside the printed text. A designer could take from them ready models for framed, interlaced initial capitals built from strapwork, acanthus-like scrolls and stippled grounds.
