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[Rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres]

Fulman, William, 1632-1688, ed, Gale, Thomas, 1635?-1702, ed · 1684 · Oxoniæ : e Theatro Sheldoniano · 15 pictures

Rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres is a 1684 Latin collection of early English chronicles edited by William Fulman and Thomas Gale and printed at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford for scholars and readers of history. Its pictures are four decorative woodcut initial letters (E, E, P, D) framed in dense scrolling foliage, knotwork and dotted borders, useful to a designer seeking historical letterforms and ornamental capitals.

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