Ein schön lustig Trostbüchle von den Empfengknussen und Geburten der Menschen und jren vilfaltigen Zuofälen und Verhindernussen : mit vil und mancherley bewärter Stucken unnd Artznyen, ouch schönen Figuren, darzuo dienstlich
A 1569 German midwifery and childbirth handbook by Jacob Ruf, printed in Zurich by Christoffel Froschouer for midwives and general readers, combining medical advice with woodcut figures. The woodcuts show human figures in full length, some with deformed or multiple bodies, drawn with dense parallel hatching and set beside blocks of black-letter type, giving a designer a model for compact, stark figure studies paired with text columns.
