Religio pictoris
Essays on art and religion by Helen Bigelow Merriman, printed in 1899 by Houghton, Mifflin at the Riverside Press with typography by Bruce Rogers, aimed at American readers of painting criticism. The plates are black-letter-style woodcut initials set in square blocks of white ivy and vine scrollwork, offering designers a matched alphabet of high-contrast drop caps and foliate border fill.







