Philosophia naturalis reformata. Id est, philosophiae aristotelicae accurata examinatio ac solida confutatio et novae ac verioris introductio
A 1641 Latin philosophy treatise printed in Dublin by the Societas Bibliopolarum, written by the Bootius brothers to challenge Aristotelian natural philosophy and propose a new system. Its pictures are printer's ornaments: a large historiated initial O flanked by two winged figures, a dense interlace initial N, and a bearded face framed by scrolling cartouche work, all in crisp black woodcut on a lightly toned page. A designer could take from them the logic of symmetrical framing, knotwork borders, and dropped-capital blocks set against running text.
