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The virgins pattern : in the exemplary life and lamented death of Mrs. Susanna Perwich ..

Batchiler, John · 1661 · London : Printed by Simon Dover · 1 picture

A 1661 London devotional biography by John Batchiler, printed by Simon Dover, recounting the life and death of Susanna Perwich for a Puritan readership. The picture is a large decorated initial S built from interlaced strokes with curling acanthus-like leaves and a stylised stem, the hatched shading suggesting a letterpress woodcut that a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals and frame-like borders.

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Internet Archive · Princeton Theological Seminary Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library