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Some wood engravings from Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts by Thomas COmbe (i think). Mr. F. A. Paley, M.A., who wrote the introduction, was at this time the honorary secretary of the Cambridge Camden Society, according to the title page. This is Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815 – 1888) according to the Library of Congress catalogue.
Note that these are fonts for wetting the heads of infants in batism, not computer fonts!
Title: Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts
Published by: John Can Voorst, Paternoster Row
City: London
Date: 1844
Total items: 6
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Chalk, Kent]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Paley-Fonts/wm/big/Norman-Chalk-q90-186x200.jpg "[picture: Chalk, Kent]")
![[picture: Norman. Stratton, Cornwall]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Paley-Fonts/wm/big/Norman-Stratton-Cornwall-q75-205x200.jpg "[picture: Norman. Stratton, Cornwall]")
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![[picture: Decorated. Strubby, Lincolnshire]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Paley-Fonts/wm/big/Decorated-Strubby-Lincolnshire-q75-213x200.jpg "[picture: Decorated. Strubby, Lincolnshire]")
![[picture: Decorated. Market Bosworth, Leicestershire]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Paley-Fonts/wm/big/decorated-market-bosworth-q75-169x200.jpg "[picture: Decorated. Market Bosworth, Leicestershire]")
![[picture: Early English. King's Cliff, Northamptonshire]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Paley-Fonts/wm/big/Early-English-Kings-Cliff-Northamptonshire-q75-202x200.jpg "[picture: Early English. King's Cliff, Northamptonshire]")
