An encouragement to colonies.
An Encouragement to Colonies is a 1626 London pamphlet printed by William Stansby, written by William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, promoting English settlement in North America and Canada for prospective investors and colonists. Its pages are framed by large woodcut decorative initials, a figured headpiece, and an allegorical printer's device showing a robed figure with scrolled banners reading peace, plenty and labour, which a designer could draw on for border, initial, and emblem work.
