Omnium gentium mores, leges [et] ritus
Omnium gentium mores, leges et ritus is a 1536 Lyon ethnographic compendium by Johannes Boemus, a survey of the customs, laws and rites of the world's peoples aimed at scholars and general readers. Its pages mix large decorated initials, Latin text, and woodcut figures of foreign peoples and fantastic beings, with a stylised dragon-like creature wrapped around a bearded wild man holding a bag, which a designer might borrow for its tight, dense linework and strong silhouette.
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