The First Step

Conversion.

JACOB BÖHME,

And now translated for a
New Year, for the Dutch/
who are in the path (toward
the crown of eternal life)/
or desire
to tread therein.

An ornate symmetrical woodcut vignette features complex interlacing scrollwork and knotted patterns, forming a triangular shape that tapers toward the bottom.

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