Relations, of the most famous kingdoms and common-weales thorough the world. : Discoursing of their scituations, manners, customes, strengthes and pollicies.
Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms, a 1608 London geography by Giovanni Botero, printed for John Jaggard at the Hand and Starre in Fleet Street for English readers interested in foreign lands and states. The pictures are black woodcut ornaments and typographic headpieces, including a heraldic arms cartouche, paired beasts flanking a roundel, and a geometric block of interlaced scrollwork, useful for designers seeking early modern strapwork and decorative borders.
