Compendium alchimiae Ioannis Garlandii Angli philosophi doctissimi ... : adiecimus eiusdem compendii per Arnoldum de Villanova explicationem
This 1560 alchemical treatise, a Latin compendium of alchemy attributed to Garland with an explanation by Arnold of Villanova, was printed for scholars and readers of occult philosophy. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a letter framed by figures, foliage and grotesque creatures, beside dense black-letter text; a designer might take their dramatic letterforms and decorative borders as models for ornamental capitals.
