INITIALS

149.T De Worde. The Golden Legend. Large ornamental letter of ecclesiastical design with decorative sprays.1493
150.P Whitchurch. Great Bible. Black with white strap ornament. Bird in centre. With printer’s initials.1540
151.S Redman. Statuta. In imitation of script. Probably of French origin.1540
152.F Middleton. Year Book of Henry VI.1540
153.H De Worde. Reproduced by kind permission from Mr Sayle’s article, Nov. 1902 (Bibliographical Society).1519
154.Q Faques. Manuale Sarum. Reproduced by kind permission from Mr Sayle’s article, Nov. 1902 (Bibliographical Society).1530
155.A Notary. Chronicles of England. Obtained from Bocard of Paris.1504
156.H Pynson. Libello huic regio hæc insunt. White on black ground, criblé.1521
157.P Notary. Golden Legend. Obtained from Bocard of Paris. Reproduced by kind permission from Mr Sayle’s article, Nov. 1902 (Bibliographical Society).1503
158.T H. Middleton. Apostle series.1584
159.F Barker. Prayer Book. Arabesque design with Walsingham Crest.1580
160.T Barker. Prayer Book. Arabesque design with printer’s initials.1580
161.F Eliots Court Press. Plutarch. Apostle series. Seated figure.1603
162.V Redman. Year Books, Edward III. White on dead black ground.1540
163.H Eliots Court Press. Plutarch. Apostle series. Figure with nimbus. Staff in left hand; book in right.1603
164.S Berthelet. Bibl. Eliotæ. Classical. Two figures and satyr.1559
165.H Printer unknown. Philip Sydney. Factotum. Arabesque design.c. 1596
166.W Waldegrave. Factotum from Basilikon Doron. Two figures plucking thistles.1599
167.S Morley Canzonets. Pictorial. Previously in the hands of John Day.1600
168.T Eliots Court Press. Especially used by Bradwood. Decorative sprays.1603–27
169.T Denham. Footepathe to Felicitie. Conventional sprays.1577
170.I Eliots Court Press. Especially used by Bradwood. Rose and thistle crowned.1603–27
171.E Vautrollier. Ciceronis Epistolæ. Outline letter. Conventional sprays.1579
172.D Barker. Prayer Book. Arabesque design.1580
173.D Newberrie. Bullinger’s Sermons. Outline letter. Pictorial. Probably scene from Bible.1577
174.S Siberch. Erasmus. De conscribendis epistolis. Reproduced by kind permission of Messrs Bowes & Bowes of Cambridge.1521
175.C Day. Fox, Book of Martyrs. Outline letter. Conventional sprays. Bird with outstretched wings. Two grotesque figures.1562
176.A Siberch. Erasmus. De conscribendis epistolis. Reproduced by kind permission of Messrs Bowes & Bowes of Cambridge. White on black. Ecclesiastical with decorative sprays.1521

MODERN WORK

177–187.H. W. Caslon & Co., Ltd. Old English borders.18th century
188.The Morland Press, Ltd. Border design by Claud Lovat Fraser. Reproduced from the title-page re-arranged by Haldane Macfall for The Lovat Book.1890–1921
189.The Morland Press, Ltd. Tail-piece by Frank Brangwyn, R.A., representing an initial F rising from tulip design.c. 1920
190.The Morland Press, Ltd. Head-piece basket of flowers from design by Frank Brangwyn, R.A.c. 1920
191.The Morland Press, Ltd. Initials M. P. Design by Ludovic Rodo.c. 1920
192–197.Chiswick Press. Six head-pieces. Conventional designs.1830–1923
198–200.Chiswick Press. Three head-pieces, floral.1830–1923
201–202.Chiswick Press. Two tail-pieces.1830–1923
203–214.Chiswick Press. Twelve initials. Various designs.1830–1923
215.University Press, Oxford. Phœnix ornament reproduced from Hart’s Century of Typography.17th century
216.University Press, Oxford. B. Blooming initial reproduced from Hart’s Century of Typography.17th century
217.University Press, Oxford. I. Initial reproduced from Hart’s Century of Typography.17th century
218.University Press, Oxford. Head-piece reproduced from Hart’s Century of Typography.17th century
219.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. Border design.1920
220. Do.  do.  do.1920
221.University Press, Oxford. Circular ornament, floral design.18th century
222.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. Border design, same as 220.18th century
223.University Press, Oxford. Fleuron tail-piece.18th century
224.University Press, Oxford. Fleuron tail-piece of a different design.18th century
225.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. Bold foliage design for border.1920
226.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. B. White initial on black background.1920
227.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. T. White initial with foliage on black background.1920
228.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. Bold foliage design for border same as 225.1920
229.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. Head-piece, spirals of foliage. White on black ground.1920
230.R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh. Decorative head-piece designed by Walter Crane.1875
231.P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. Tail-piece, triangular, white on black ground.1920
232.Pelican Press. Border design with centre ornament. Copy of early arabesque design.1920
233–240.Pelican Press. English flowers, seven designs.1920
241.Pelican Press. Border design after Geoffrey Tory.1923
242.Kelmscott Press. Design from Godefroy of Boulogne.1893
243–251.Curwen Press. Nine decorations designed by Claud Lovat Fraser.1920
252–260.Curwen Press. Nine flowers and decorations designed by Percy J. Smith.1922
261–273.Stephenson, Blake & Co., Ltd. Fourteen designs of delicate flower borders, ornaments, and the famous rose border.c. 1790
274–284.Stephenson, Blake & Co., Ltd. Various designs for borders, and initial S and two fine tail-pieces designed and executed by Bewick.c. 1780

ILLUSTRATIONS

Borders

APHTHONII SOPHISTAE
PRAE EXERCITAMENTA
INTERPRETE
VIRO DOCTISSIMO.
IMPRESSA Londini per Richardum
Pynson regiū impressorem
cum priuilegio a rege indulto/
ne quis nunc in regno
Angliæ imprimat/
aut alíbí impressum/
importatūue in eo
dē regno Anglie
vendat.

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