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Hieronymi Mercurialis Variarum lectionum libri quatuor : in quibus complurium, maximeq[ue] medicinae scriptorum infinita paenè loca vel corrupta restituuntur, vel obscura declarantur ; Alexandri Tralliani De lumbricis epistola

Mercuriale, Girolamo, 1530-1606, Perchacino, Gracioso, fl. 1553-1601, printer · 1571 · Venetiis : Gratiosus Perchacinus excudebat, Sumptibus Pauli & Antonij Meieti frat. librarij Patauini · 11 pictures

A 1571 Venetian printed Latin edition of Girolamo Mercuriale's scholarly notes on classical medical texts, issued by printer Gratiosus Perchacinus for the Padua booksellers Paolo and Antonio Meietti. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, decorative capitals C and P with figures set inside the letter, which a designer could use as compact framed illustrations for lettering or emblem-style vignettes.

Medical literature · Medicine, Greek and Roman · Helminths · History, Ancient

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