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The strange discovery : a tragi-comedy.

J. G. (John Gough), active 1640, Heliodorus, of Emesa, Holgate, William, former owner, Riviere, Robert, 1808-1882, binder, Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner · 1640 · London : Printed by E.G. for William Leake, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery-Lane, joyning to the roles · 1 picture

A 1640 London printed tragi-comedy, The strange discovery, issued by the printer E.G. for the bookseller William Leake in Chancery Lane, with its title page ornament showing a fleur-de-lis set within a woodcut rosette. The woodcut is a dense, high-contrast black and white block with radiating petal-like scallops and fine parallel hatching, a compact device a designer could adapt for a bookplate, seal, or emblem.

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