Somniorum synesiorum omnis generis insomnia explicantes, libri IIII : quibus accedunt, eiusdem haec etiam De libris propriis ... ; De curationibus et praedictionibus admirandis ; Neronis encomium ; Geometriae encomium
This is a 1585 Latin treatise on dreams by the physician and mathematician Girolamo Cardano, printed in Basel by Sebastian Henricpetri and held in C.G. Jung's library. Its pages carry woodcut decorated initials, including a large historiated letter N with a bear-like figure and a letter S above dense Latin text, plus a printer's ornamental emblem with a winged figure and shield. The ornaments are compact and heavily cut, offering a designer models for inset capital letters, grotesque border framing, and bold black-and-cream contrast in a scholarly page layout.
