Annotation of the Headpiece from Recto 7 of Charles Johnson's A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers &c, 2nd edition (1742)
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Crack or break in ornament
This crack could be due to warping of copper plates used in 16 century printing. Another posiblity, though unlikely is that this headpiece is actually a composite of smaller ornaments.
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BirdEagle1L
An eagle facing inward appears to be the same as eagle2
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BirdEagle2R
Eagle facing inward, appears to be the same as Eagle1 but with less ink
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Leaves1TopL
exagerated foliage, mostly leaves, same as Leaves3
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Leaves2BottomC
exagerated foliag
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Leaves3TopR
exagerated foliage, same as foliage 1
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Urn1SmallL
small urn filled with flowers, same as Urn5.
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Urn2LMed
Medium urn filled with fruit, same as Urn4
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Urn3CLg
Urn with three flowers
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Urn4RMed
Medium urn filled with fruit, Same as Unr2
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Urn5RSm
Small urn with flowers, same as Urn1, but less clear.
Annotations
The Foliage category refers to all incidences of foliage in the headpiece
Leaves1TopL
Leaves2BottomC
Leaves3TopR
The Animal category refers to all incidence of animals within this headpiece.
BirdEagle1L
BirdEagle2R
The Urn category will contain all incidences of urns from the headPiece.
Urn1SmallL
Urn2LMed
Urn3CLg
Urn4RMed
Urn5RSm
this category wil contain all the printers oddities or noticable defects in the headpiece on P4
