Labyrinthus medicorum errantium ... : Cum adjunctis
A 1553 Latin medical treatise by Paracelsus, printed in Nuremberg by V. Neuber, aimed at physicians and students of medicine. Its pictures are small woodcut decorated initials, each a single letter framed in a square with foliage, flowers and scrollwork, offering a designer ready-made ornamental capitals with a Renaissance vine and leaf vocabulary.











