Vita P. Balthassaris Aluarez, Societatis Iesu religiosi, : multis ac præclaris documentis referta, superioribus, tyronum magistris, & operarijs in salutem proximorum incumbentibus apprimè vtilis.
This is a 1616 Latin biography of the Jesuit Baltasar Álvarez by Luis de la Puente, printed in Cologne by Johannes Kinchius for a readership of Jesuit superiors, novice masters and workers in the apostolate. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials and ornamental letters, one an oval vase of flowers within a leafy border and one a letter I and one a letter S framed in scrolling foliage, useful to a designer seeking compact, dense early printed capitals for drop-cap or monogram work.
