Haec homo : wherein the excellency of the creation of woman is described, by way of an essay
Haec homo is a 1639 London essay by William Austin, printed by R.O. for R.M. and C.G., on the excellence of woman's creation, addressed to a Puritan readership. The pictures are four small woodcut initial letters, a T and an F, framed in dense interlaced foliage and scrollwork with hatched shading. A designer might take from them the strapline-like weight of a letter set inside a carved frame, a model for decorative drop caps and borders.
