The works of Josephus
The Works of Josephus is a 1683 London history of the Jews, printed by H. Herrington and others and translated from Greek by Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, with works by Philo of Alexandria. Its pictures are decorative initial letters: large capital A and G set in ornate frames of foliage, scrollwork and flowers, cut as woodblock prints. A designer could take from them a range of historic display-letter frames, from dense leafy borders to simple flower-and-scroll panels.
