Gabrielis Falloppii De medicatis aquis atque de fossilibus tractatus pulcherrimus, ac maxime utilis
A 1569 Latin treatise on medicinal waters and fossils by the Italian anatomist Gabriele Falloppio, printed in Venice by Lodovico degli Avanzi and aimed at physicians and natural philosophers. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials: a decorative D with a grotesque mask and foliage repeated across two frames, and an N and an H showing scenes of figures, a wolf and a fence. A designer could take from them the dense scrolling foliage framing a letter and the compact narrative vignettes set inside capitals.
