A commentary upon the prophecie of Isaiah : whereunto are added foure tables ...
A 1609 London commentary on the prophet Isaiah by Jean Calvin, translated by Clement Cotton and printed by Felix Kyngston for a Puritan readership. The pictures are four square woodcut initial letters, each a large capital I or T framed by a dense dotted ground with scrolling foliage and grotesque birds or beasts at the corners. A designer could take from them the decorative Renaissance initial with its carved-looking stonework contrast of white letter against black stippled field.
