Reverendi P. Petri Thyraei ... De variis tam spirituum quam vivorum hominum prodigiosis apparitionibus, et nocturnis infestationibus libri tres ...
A 1594 Latin treatise by the Jesuit Petrus Thyraeus on spirits and nocturnal apparitions, printed at Cologne by the Cholinus press for the bookseller Gosuinus Cholinus. The pictures are woodcut printers' ornaments: a large decorated initial S with foliate scrollwork, a symmetrical arabesque panel of curling vines and fleurons, and a title-page emblem of the IHS monogram surrounded by angels and figures. A designer could draw on the dense, black-line vine work and the hand-cut initial for historical ornament patterns.
