A Defence of revealed religion against the exceptions of a late writer in his book intituled Christianity as old as Creation, etc
A 1732 London theological treatise, printed for S. Wilmot, written by John Conybeare as a defence of revealed religion against Matthew Tindal's deist work, and aimed at readers of religious controversy. Its four pictures are woodcut headpieces and tailpieces: a shield with a single letter framed by scrolling acanthus and a winged cherub head, and a symmetrical ornament of two putti holding cups above curling foliage, printed on a yellowed page. A designer might borrow the symmetrical scroll framing, the putti-and-foliage centrepiece, and the shield cartouche as decorative devices for period-style borders.
