Sylva sylvarum: or, A naturall history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the History naturall and experimentall of life and death, or, Of the prolongation of life
A 1658 London natural history treatise by Francis Bacon, with additions by William Rawley, printed by A.M. for William Lee for a scholarly readership. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, with an ornate capital I and T framed by interlaced foliage, scrollwork, and fruit-like rosettes, useful to a designer seeking early printed ornament and letterform framing.
