Les observations de plvsievrs singvlaritez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges
Pierre Belon's 1553 Paris natural history of observations made in Greece, Asia, Judea, Egypt and Arabia, printed for a learned French readership by Gilles Corrozet's shop. The pictures are woodcut decorative initials, large letters built from fruiting vines, leaves and scrollwork, some set on dotted grounds, which a designer could adapt for display capitals and historical borders.
