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Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635 · 1638 · London : Printed by E. Purslow for N. Bourne and R. Harford · 11 pictures

A 1638 London religious work by the Puritan preacher Richard Sibbes, printed by E. Purslow for N. Bourne and R. Harford, aimed at devout English Protestant readers. Its pictures are small woodcut decorations: a printer's headpiece of foliage and scrollwork, and large historiated initial letters T built from interlaced vines, hatched leaves, flowers and perched birds, offering a compact model for ornamental capitals and border strips.

Christian life · Puritans

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