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The workes of Beniamin Ionson

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer, Hole, William, -1624, engraver, Williams, John, former owner. MB, Williams, Mary, former owner. MB, Bracebridge, W., former owner. MB · 1616 · Imprinted at London : By Will Stansby · 5 pictures

The Workes of Beniamin Jonson, printed in London in 1616 by William Stansby, with title-page and head-piece ornaments engraved by William Hole for a literary folio collection of Ben Jonson's plays and poems. The four ornamental strips show dense black-line engraving of foliage, scrolls, and central cartouches, offering a designer a model for border bands, decorative frames, and heraldic emblems in early modern style.

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