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Aristotelous ēthikōn Nikomacheiōn biblia deka. Ethicorvm; sive, De moribvs, ad Nicomachvm libri decem. Opera Petri Victorij amendati..

1584 · Francofvrti, Apud heredes A, Wecheli · 10 pictures

This is a 1584 Latin edition of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, printed at Frankfurt by the heirs of Andreas Wechel and edited by Petrus Victorius for scholars and students. The pictures are woodcut decorative initial letters, the large capitals M, I and T framed by foliate scrolls, grotesque masks and small putti set into the ornament, offering designers a model for historical initials and border-enclosed letterforms.

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