Georgii Vallae Placentini viri clariss. De natura partium animalium
A 1529 Latin scholarly treatise printed at Strasbourg by Henricus Sybold, written by the Italian humanist Giorgio Valla, a text meant for scholars and physicians. Both pictures are close views of the printed page, showing large decorative initial letters with foliate and interlace ornament beside dense black-letter type, which a designer could use as a reference for historical capitals and page texture.
