Examen de ingenios = The examination of mens wits : in whicch by discouering the varietie of natures, is shewed for what profession each one is apt, and how far he shall profit therein
Examen de ingenios, a 1594 London edition by Juan Huarte, a Spanish physician, printed by Adam Islip for Richard Watkins as a treatise on temperament and vocational aptitude. The pictures are repeated woodcut decorative initial letters, large capitals built from interlaced scrolls, leaves, and flowers on a plain ground, which a designer could draw on for letterform and ornamental border ideas.
