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
This is a 1679 Dutch history of the Low Countries' wars and civil unrest, written by Pieter Christiaanszoon Bor (1559-1635) and printed in Amsterdam by the widow of Joannes van Someren with Abraham Wolfgangh, Hendrick and Dirck Boom for a Dutch-reading public. Its pictures are four woodcut decorative initial letters (E, I, L, H) with dense foliate scrollwork, flowers and leaf-filled grounds, offering a designer ideas for historical display letters and ornamental capitals.
