Ad Danielis Hofmanni demonstrationes ad oculum
A 1586 Latin book printed at Geneva by Eustathius Vignon, written by Théodore de Bèze and aimed at scholars and students, with the title pointing to an argument addressed to Daniel Hofmann. The three pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a letter C built from fruit and foliage, a strip of putti flanking a lyre, and an anchor with a serpent coiled round its shaft and clouds at its arms. A designer could draw on their dense hatched line work and compact emblematic motifs for borders, initials, or vignettes.
