L'art de saigner, accommodé aux principes de la circulation du sang...
A 1686 French medical treatise on bloodletting by Emmanuel Meurisse, printed in Paris by Laurent d'Houry for surgeons and physicians. Its historiated initials are framed emblem-style squares with a large letter, a motto banner, and a small scene of animals, plants, or a sunrise behind the letter, so a designer can take the framed capital and motto-scroll device as a template.
