Hieronymi Mercurialis Variarum Lectionum, in medicinae Scriptoribus et aliis, Libri sex
Hieronymi Mercurialis's Variarum Lectionum, printed in Venice in 1598 by the Junta press, is a scholarly Latin commentary on medical authors, written for physicians and students working from Hippocratic and Galenic sources. Its pages are dense blocks of roman type set beside large historiated initials with interlaced foliate and scrollwork, and a designer might take from them the contrast between ornate capitals and plain, tightly packed text, plus a printed index list of author names set in bold display type.
