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Oorsprongk, Begin, en Vervolgh der Nederlandsche Oorlogen, beroerten, en Borgerlyke Oneenigheden : beginnende met d'opdracht der selve Landen, gedaen by Keyser Karel den Vijfden, aen sijnen Soon Konink Philippus van Spanjen, en eindigende met het einde van 't jaer M D C

Bor, Pieter Christiaanszoon, 1559-1635 · 1679 · t'Amsterdam : By de weduwe van Joannes van Someren, Abraham Wolfgangh, Hendrick en Dirck Boom · 45 pictures

A 1679 Dutch history of the Low Countries' wars and civil discord, written by Pieter Christiaanszoon Bor and published in Amsterdam by several booksellers for a general reading public. Its pictures are four versions of the same decorative woodcut initial D, with dense acanthus-leaf scrollwork filling the letter and foliate borders framing it, a model for designers seeking historical letterforms and ornamental capitals.

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