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Historiae Danicae libri XVI

Saxo, Grammaticus, d. ca. 1204, Stephanius, Stephen Hansen, 1599-1650 · 1644 · Sorae : [s.n.] · 49 pictures

Historiae Danicae libri XVI is a 1644 Latin edition of Saxo Grammaticus's medieval history of Denmark, edited by Stephen Hansen Stephanius and printed at Sorø for scholars. Its pictures are decorative printed initial letters with dense foliate and scrollwork borders, plus a woodcut of a carved runestone, offering designers models for ornamental capitals and frames.

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