Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... Libri de piscibus marinis, in quibus veræ piscium effigies expressæ sunt ..
A 1554 Latin natural history of sea fish by the French physician Guillaume Rondelet, printed at Lyon by Matthias Bonhomme for scholars and naturalists. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials and ornamental borders, with a large D, an I, and an O framed in scrolling foliage, acanthus leaves, and small birds. A designer could draw on their dense interlaced scrollwork and strong black line for historical border and letter-frame work.
