Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings in five parliaments : beginning the sixteenth year of King James. anno 1618, and ending the fifth year of King Charls [sic], anno 1629
Historical collections by John Rushworth, printed in London in 1659 by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, gathering records of state, law and parliamentary proceedings from 1618 to 1629 for readers of the Stuart era. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, each a square frame with winged putti holding a central capital letter, flanked by cornucopias and scrolling foliage, offering a designer ready models for ornamental monograms and drop caps.
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