The historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seuenth
This 1622 London book is Francis Bacon's history of the reign of King Henry the Seventh, printed by William Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, and it was aimed at a learned English readership. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a Renaissance title page with stacked columns and strapwork, a grotesque initial A with a cherub, a foliate border with thistles and fleurs-de-lis, and a large figured initial I flanked by allegorical women and a fallen figure, which a designer could reuse for classical borders and display lettering.
