Vylssis Aldrovandi ... Serpentvm, et draconv historiae libri dvo : Bartholomaevs Ambrosinvs ... opus concinnauit ... : cum indice memorabilium, nec non uariar linguar locupletissimo
This 1640 Bologna book by Ulisse Aldrovandi, completed and expanded by Bartolommeo Ambrosini, is a natural-history treatise on snakes and dragons written for scholars and naturalists. Its woodcut illustrations show serpents drawn in long sinuous curves with fine hatched shading, alongside decorative initial letters framed by leafy foliage, which a designer might use for ornamental capitals or for engraved animal studies.
