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Spieghel, Hendrich Lauenszoon, 1549-1612 · 1694 · Amsterdam : H. Wetstein · 26 pictures

A 1694 Amsterdam printing by H. Wetstein of Hendrich Lauenszoon Spieghel's Hertspieghel and other moral writings, mostly unpublished before, held by Duke University Libraries. The pictures are woodcut decorative initial letters, a D and a G, with floral scrolls, leaves, birds and tulip-like blooms filling the letter bodies within ornate border frames, offering a designer historic models for ornamental capitals and foliage-filled lettering.

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