Promptuarium Hippocratis in locos communes
A 1683 Latin medical reference, the Promptuarium Hippocratis in locos communes by Charles Arthur Plessis, printed at Rouen by Jacob Lucas for physicians and students of the Hippocratic and Galenic tradition. Its pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a symmetrical border of scrolling foliage, a central basket of fruit and flowers flanked by rosettes, a bold framed basket of apples and leaves, and a pair of armillary-style globes beneath a banner, with a profile medallion of a physician; a designer could draw on their tight symmetry and dense botanical detail.
