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Zacuti Lusitani Opera omnia

Zacutus, Lusitanus, 1575-1642 · 1667 · Lugduni, Sumptibus Joannis-Anthonii Huguetan & Guillielmi Barbier · 26 pictures

A 1667 Lyon edition of the collected medical works of Zacutus Lusitanus, a Portuguese-born physician, printed for the booksellers Huguetan and Barbier and held in Baltimore's medical library. The pictures are woodcut decorative initials, each a large letter framed by foliage, scrolls and flowers, which a designer could adapt for historical capitals or drop caps.

Medicine -- Early works to 1800

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