A practical commentary, or, An exposition with notes upon the Epistle of James : delivered in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex, near London
A 1657 London commentary on the Epistle of James by the Puritan preacher Thomas Manton, printed by J. Macock for L. Fawn and based on sermons delivered at Stoke-Newington. The four pictures are woodcut decorated initial letters, including a large I, a J with foliage, a small I in a framed box, and a D with a central flower, all with heavy black outlines and cross-hatched leaf and scroll borders that a designer could adapt for display capitals or ornamental letterforms.





