A geographicall and anthologicall description of all the empires and kingdomes, both of continent and ilands in this terrestriall globe. : Relating their scituations, manners, customes, prouinces, and gouernements
A 1618 London geography by Robert Stafford, printed by N. Okes for John Parker, surveying the world's empires and kingdoms, their customs and governments, for a general readership. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, a large H and a G, framed in dense foliage and stylised flowers, showing how a historic printed initial can be adapted into ornamental letterforms for display type or borders.
