Figure 287
Page of Walton’s Lives: Newcomb, London
From a copy in Havard College Library (facsimile), The Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert (scan)
1670
In this, head-lines are set in lettre de forme, the text of a rough old style roman type—perhaps Dutch. Where correspondence is introduced, it is printed in italic. Each Life has its own title-page, in which the use of very large spaced capitals for unimportant words is a characteristic touch. In spite of its antiquated appearance, it is a readable volume with a certain agreeable flavour.