Hippocratis Coi, medicorum Principis, De Natura Hominis liber : Graece et Latine. Accesserunt Blasii Hollerii Vivariensis, Philosophi ac Medici, Commentaria, iam primum recognita et aucta
A 1561 Greek and Latin medical treatise on human nature by Hippocrates, with commentaries by the French physician Blasius Hollerius, printed in Basel by Johannes Oporinus for scholars and physicians. The pages show dense black-letter and italic text with ornamental woodcut initials, the kind of historical typography a designer could borrow for decorative capitals and classical book layouts.




