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 parliamentary and legal proceedings from 1618 to 1629 for readers interested in English state affairs. The pictures are a historiated initial letter T, a floral initial W, a decorative initial I framed by two standing cranes, and an engraved oval portrait of James Duke of Hamilton in armour with a chain and a heraldic cartouche below, offering designers a range of woodcut ornamental initials and formal baroque portrait framing.
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