Hippostologie, c'est à dire Discours des os du cheval, par M. Jehan Héroard, conseiller, médecin ordinaire et secrétaire du Roy
A 1599 Paris treatise on horse anatomy, Hippostologie, by the physician Jean Héroard, printed by Mamert Patisson for a French royal audience. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initials, each a large capital letter wrapped in scrolling foliage, strapwork, and fruit, which a designer could adapt for ornamental letterforms and historical display type.
