. Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects. sea-gods navigatinga ship (signed H). It is thus obviousthat several designers,or engravers, were atwork about this timeon pictorial initials,though it will pro-bably be found noeasy matter to iden-tify them. In 1563 most of theletters from the * Cos-mographical Glass 12. initial signed i. d. are found again in the very rare edition of the music toSternhold and Hopkins metrical version of the Psalms, also printed by Day. In the four parts of thebook there are threeother initials of thesame character, a Wrepresenting thebattle of the P
. Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects. sea-gods navigatinga ship (signed H). It is thus obviousthat several designers,or engravers, were atwork about this timeon pictorial initials,though it will pro-bably be found noeasy matter to iden-tify them. In 1563 most of theletters from the * Cos-mographical Glass 12. initial signed i. d. are found again in the very rare edition of the music toSternhold and Hopkins metrical version of the Psalms, also printed by Day. In the four parts of thebook there are threeother initials of thesame character, a Wrepresenting thebattle of the Pigmiesand the Cranes, a Pof Hercules in thegarden of the Hes-perides, and an Rwith a hunting-scene(signed with themonogram C. I.).All are 13. initial signed I. B, 11-13. initials from Cunninghams cosmographical glass,printed by john day, 1559 142 OLD PICTURE BOOKS
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