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The retvrning backslider; or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the Prophet Hosea

Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635, Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635 · 1641 · London, Printed by G.M. for G. Edwards · 32 pictures

A 1641 London devotional commentary on Hosea 14 by Richard Sibbes, printed by G.M. for G. Edwards for a Protestant readership. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials with interlaced scrolls, leafy tendrils and foliage framing a large capital letter, a useful model for historic ornamental letterforms and border-based lettering.

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