Codex canonum Ecclesiae primitivae, vindicatus ac illustratus
A 1697 Latin work on early church canon law by William Beveridge, printed in Amsterdam by George Gallet for a scholarly clerical readership. Its three pictures are woodcut printers' ornaments: a large decorated initial Q with foliate interlace, a framed decorated initial E with scrolling acanthus, and a woven basket overflowing with flowers and fruit. A designer could draw on the dense, hand-cut vine and scroll borders for period lettering, or on the basket motif for simple botanical emblems.
