A treatise of witchcraft : wherein sundry propositions are laid downe, plainely discouering the wickednesse of that damnable art, with diuerse other speciall points annexed, not impertinent to the same, such as ought diligently of euery Christian to be considered. With a true narration of the witchcrafts which Mary Smith, wife of Henry Smith glouer, did practise ... / By Alexander Roberts.
A treatise of witchcraft by Alexander Roberts, printed in London in 1616 by Nicholas Okes for Samuel Man, a Protestant polemic warning Christian readers against witchcraft and recounting the trial of Mary Smith. The pictures are four woodcut decorated initials, the first three letters of an opening (T, I, C, M) set in ornate frames of foliage, scrolls and leaves, which a designer could take as a model for early modern display type and border ornament.
