The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.
Collected prose of James I of England, edited by Bishop James Montagu and printed in London in 1616 by the royal printers Robert Barker and John Bill, with engraved portraits by Simon van de Passe and Renold Elstracke, issued for the court and learned readers. The index is dominated by woodcut initial letters in square blocks, each capital set against foliage, roses, acanthus scrolls and fine cross-hatching, with engraved royal portraiture and heraldry alongside; usable as drop-cap alphabets, border motifs and hatching textures.
