Sermon de la purissima concepcion de Maria
A 1696 Spanish-language sermon on the Immaculate Conception of Mary, printed in Lima, Peru, by Joseph de Contreras for the Consulado de Lima and written by Gregorio de Quesada y Sotomayor. The picture is a large decorative initial C with ornate foliate scrollwork enclosing a stylised face, beside a block of dense black-letter type. A designer could take from it the inset capital letter with interlaced vine and acanthus ornament as a model for a dropped-cap initial in a historical or display layout.
