Opuscules ou traictés divers et curieux en medecine...
A French medical treatise collection of miscellaneous essays by François Ranchin, printed in Lyon in 1640 by Pierre Ravaud for a learned readership of physicians and curious readers. Each chapter opens with a large decorated initial letter built from leafy foliage and flowers set in black-and-white letterpress, with dense roman type in the text beside them, offering a designer ready models for botanical capitals and historic drop caps.
