Saphira veneziana, e Jacinto portuguez : vida, morte, heroycas virtudes, & maravilhas ràras do gloriosissimo protopatriarcha S. Lourenço Justiniano, e do veneravel padre Antonio da Cõceiçam : livro unico, historico, & panegirico
A 1677 Portuguese devotional and hagiographic book printed in Lisbon by Francisco Vilella, written by the Carmelite Francisco de Santa Maria for a religious readership, about Saint Lawrence Justinian and Padre Antonio da Conceição. The four pictures are decorative woodcut initials, letters E, P, C and F set in square frames of foliage, flowers, scrolls and a bird, giving a designer dense historic ornament for borders, drop caps and monogram work.




















































