Ioannis Pecqueti ... Experimenta nova anatomica : quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea deteguntur : issertatio anatomica de circulatione sanguinis et chyli motu
This 1654 Paris anatomical treatise by Jean Pecquet, printed by the Cramoisy office, is a learned medical work on the chyle and lymphatic vessels for physicians and anatomists. Its pictures are four woodcut decorative initial letters, L, E, I and C, framed by leafy scrolls, flowers and knotted foliage, offering a designer sturdy historical ornament for capitals and borders.
