Model Sheets for Arts and Crafts: Johann Theodor de Bry’s Neiw Kunstiliches Alphabet, 1595

Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) designed the intricate set of capitals in Neiw Kunstliches Alphabet, which was first published in Frankfurt am Main in 1595. He is best known for engravings in books about early colonies in the Americas and European voyages to Asia.