Therapeutica sacra : seu, De curandis casibus conscientiae circa regenerationem per foederum divinorum prudentem applicationem : libri tres
Therapeutica sacra is a Latin theological treatise on casuistry and regeneration by the Scottish divine David Dickson, printed at Edinburgh in 1656 for scholars and clergy. Its pictures are four small square woodcut initials, each a single capital letter (J, H, Q, L) set inside a dense frame of scrolling foliage, cartouche corners and cross-hatched leaves. A designer might take from them the compact, self-contained initial-letter frame and the contrast of crisp black hatching against a plain cream centre.
