Ivsti LipsI de crvce libri tres : ad sacram profanámque historiam vtiles : vnà cum notis
A scholarly Latin treatise on the cross by Justus Lipsius, printed in Antwerp in 1606 at the Plantin press and illustrated by Petrus van der Borcht for learned readers of history and antiquity. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut and engraved vignettes, including a central emblem with a hand and compass, a decorated initial letter, a crucified figure before a landscape, and ornamental fleurons a designer could adapt for historical borders, emblem frames, and page ornaments.



































