Francisci Haraei Annales ducum seu principum Brabantiae totiusq. Belgii : tomi tres : quorum primo solius Brabantiae, secundo Belgii vniti principum res gestae, tertio belgici tumultus, vsque ad inducias anno M. DC. IX. pactas, enarrantur : cum ducum seu principum imaginibus, et breui rerum per omnem Europam illustrium narratione
Francisci Haraei's 1623 Antwerp history of the dukes and princes of Brabant and the Low Countries, printed by the Plantin press with engraved portraits and historical narrative for a scholarly readership. The pictures are woodcut decorated initials, a large letter filled with birds, foliage, and figures in dense scrollwork, showing a designer how to frame a capital with ornamental borders and vines.


























































































