Alberici Gentilis De legationibus, libri tres
A Latin treatise on diplomatic envoys and their legal privileges by Alberico Gentili, printed in London in 1585 by Thomas Vautrollier for a scholarly readership. The pictures are four near-identical woodcut decorated initial letter H's, each with a large framed capital, foliate scrollwork at the corners, a central flower or fleur-de-lis motif, and a cartouche-like base, offering a designer a compact model for historical capital letters.
