De pestilentia Hieronymi Mercurialis Foroliuiensis medici praeclarissimi lectiones habitae Patauii M.D.LXXVII mense Ianuarii : in quibus de peste in vniuersum, praesertim vero de Veneta, & Patauina, singulari quadam eruditione tractatur
A 1577 Latin medical treatise on plague by the physician Girolamo Mercuriale, printed in Venice by Paolo Meietti for physicians and students of Padua. The pictures are four woodcut initial letters, H, N, R and H, each a large capital framed by acanthus-like foliage, scrolls and leafy shoots in a dense, black-and-cream engraved style that a designer could borrow for decorative initials, drop caps or historical ornament.
