La Methode Curative des Playes et Fracture de la teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d’icelles. Par M. Ambroise Paré Chirurgien ordinaire du Roy, et Juré à Paris,
A 1561 French surgical treatise by the royal surgeon Ambroise Paré, printed in Paris by Jehan Le Royer, on treating wounds and skull fractures for surgeons. Its pages show large decorative initial letters with dense leafy scrollwork beside lines of black-letter italic type, offering designers historical ornament and display-lettering models.
