The glorious mystery of God's mercy : or, A precious cordiall for fainting soules ..
A 1647 London devotional work by John Bisco, printed by Richard Bishop, aimed at Christian readers of the Puritan period seeking comfort in faith. The pictures are woodcut printers' ornaments: a repeated decorative headpiece with figures flanking a central mask, a winged creature inside a square border, and a floral woodcut initial letter. A designer could draw on their dense, carved strapwork and mixed grotesque figures for period-style borders and initials.
