Philosophus autodidactus, sive Epistola Abi Jaafar ebn Tophail de Hai ebn Yokdhan : in qua ostenditur, quomodo ex inferiorum contemplatione ad superiorum notitiam ratio humana ascendere possit
A Latin philosophical treatise by the twelfth-century Andalusian writer Ibn Ṭufayl, printed at Oxford in 1700 by John Owens for the Sheldonian Theatre press and aimed at scholars of Islamic philosophy. Its pictures are small woodcut typographic ornaments: a horizontal band of thistles, roses, and crowns, and square initial letters C, U and O framed in foliage and flowers, which a designer could borrow for vintage borders, drop caps, and botanical motifs.
